Silicon Graphics gets two U.S. jobs valued at over $100 million
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Silicon Graphics will provide workstations to two government institutions to fill contracts worth more than $100 million. The growing manufacturer of workstations will be a sub-contractor for the Department of Defense, a relationship that could be worth more than $100 million during the five years of the contract. Silicon Graphics will also sell 35 workstations, at a cost of $75,000 each, to the National Institutes of Health. Silicon Graphics' success appears to be in its niche marketing approach. Instead of competing directly with leaders Sun Microsystems Inc, HP and DEC, Silicon Graphics is appealing to those industries that need visual computing in their workstations. Silicon Graphics excels at what is termed 'motion-picture computing' at a price beginning at $15,000 per workstation. Its business style is paying off: for 1st qtr ended Sep 30, 1989, revenue is $86.4 million, a 95 percent increase over 1988.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1989
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Jobs discloses Next Inc. plans public offering
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Next Inc's founder, Steven Jobs, announces that the company will go public. sometime between late 1992 and mid-1993. At first, Next's workstations did not sell very well, but the company is doing better now. According to Jobs, Next could sell more than $60 million of its computers in the current quarter, which puts the company on target for sales of $140 million to $150 million in 1991. This would signify fivefold growth compared with 1990, although some analysts estimate 1990 sales may go as high as $200 million. Corporate customers have been the key to Next's recent success.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
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The Puffins guide H-P into an alien culture on a software mission; they work without pay to claim a new frontier for their beloved Linux; it's not totally altruistic
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Puffin Group and Hewlett Packard Co. are sharing resources to improve the Linux operating system. H-P is participating so that it can gain entry into a potentially lucrative market selling computers with an operating system that may prove superior to Microsoft's Windows. The partnership enables the Puffin Group to utilize H-P's substantial resources to develop the software and have it marketable in the near future. Puffin group members work without pay but hope to obtain their financial windfall as consultants after the Linux operating systems takes off.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1999
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