The collected works of bittenbyte

can someone share the last available fileset for MAXX I lost my archive that was on a USB disk that did not survive its 10th aniversary.
I would really appreciate that. I am using an old chassis of a indigo2 teal, to host a linux based machine and make it look like irix. as my old "working" indigo2's are not up to speed anymore.

thnx

I tried to mail him on his gmail and yahoo account
no luck yet. as SGI these days is not the same company anymore silicon graphics ceased to exist in the last turmoiled SGI (aka rackable) financial switch. leaving behind the IP from IRIX, XFS, and as a result there is no legal entity that can claim property of the source code.

in this light it should be possible to release the linux source code to 5Dwm and all its surrounding code without any legal implications.

even the original Irix sources which are silicon graphics proprietary ( changed from the Unix SVR4 base code).
irix ended in 2006, support ended in 2013, only under retired mode, fixes only on demand, if possible.
this classifies IRIX as abandonware since 2013. 2 years ago.

interesting I tried the IP adress : http://174.142.187.179/trac/maxxdesktop

and got content, the site is still there, just broken

oh well, what is their interest in this, there is 0 value to be gotten here.
I would just let it be, the most important parts of irix are already in Linux, pcp, numa, xfs, ... etc
the desktop was not the most valuable part, it did make the experience unique, and usable from a graphics app.

used to work on poweranimator / newtek lightwave on Onyx and onyx2...

hamei wrote:

bittenbyte wrote: ... silicon graphics ceased to exist in the last turmoiled SGI (aka rackable) financial switch. leaving behind the IP from IRIX, XFS, and as a result there is no legal entity that can claim property of the source code.

Wrong ... ...

Kumba wrote: A lot of the proprietary stuff was reportedly spun off to an external entity called Graphics Properties Holdings Inc (GPHO) or such.

Patent fafnirs :

prnewswire - June 2010 wrote: Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc., an asset management company owning over 300 patents used for graphics, computer and display segments, is in the business of managing its patent portfolio and realizing value for its owners through licensing and other means. GPHI is owned by private investment funds and other institutional investors following the bankruptcy of its predecessor, Silicon Graphics.

Contacts:

Bradley Scher, President

Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc., (914) 235-1075

James M. Bollinger, Esq.

Troutman Sanders LLP (212) 704-6113

SOURCE Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 03109.html

I would say you guys can put that "open source Irix" idea to bed now, for as long as there is breath left in the last lawyer on earth.