Comments on: SGI Unveils New Org Structure and New Digs

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:01:27 +0000

Sorry, a little late on the reply here…

I think I was mixing up articles. It was The Register, not here, where TPM said the “new” logo was the old SGI logo done up in Rackable colors.

No, I’m not particularly fond of either of the lowercase sgi logos.

By: John West

John West — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:55:01 +0000

outside – Diane was SGI’s CIO from the old SGI, right? Do you know why she left?

By: outside observer

outside observer — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:13:27 +0000

Diane Gibson submitted her resignation last week.

By: John West

John West — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:30:10 +0000

Everyone has to be “special.” I personally like good ‘ol Helvetica (but a pox on Arial).

By: John Leidel

John Leidel — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:44:54 +0000

I often question ‘custom’ typefaces. Why all the hassle?

By: John West

John West — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:41:24 +0000

Larry – I assume you are just pointing out the differences, because I don’t see anything in the story or comment thread that says the new logo isn’t, well, new. But it’s really early, so I may have missed it.

Now that you bring it up though, you seem to like the new one. I don’t love it. I recognize that those are Rackable’s colors and all, and I certainly wasn’t a fan of the old purple logo, but the new SGI logo just looks too much like something you’d see in a 10 year old girls room. Colors plus typeface equals almost cute.

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:48:38 +0000

Just for pedantry’s sake: the new logo is *not* the old SGI logo, other than they are both constructed from the lowercase letters “s”, “g” and “i”.

The old SGI logo is in a funky font where the “g” looks notoriously like Homer Simpson in profile ( http://www.arke.de/TC/homer/homer_sgilogo.jpg ) and the “i” has a right-sweeping descender. Basic black.

The new logo is in a much more straightforward font, done up in Rackable’s blue and green.

By: Chris Samuel

Chris Samuel — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:49:24 +0000

That’s what the Altix ones are (well, asides from the Altix XE’s which will become Rackable brands instead of Altix).

By: A.Haitz

A.Haitz — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:56:11 +0000

I wonder if they continue their IA64 systems?

By: FJW

FJW — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:55:14 +0000

I still think the logical name for the company would have been the combination of Sgi and rACKABLE… wait for it…

S-ACKABLE

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