I want to give this message to all those SGI users who have original software and have never wanted to share it.
None of this is commercial or profitable for any company, our intention here is not to do warez, it is to locate, preserve and share all the IRIX software that is possible and if we can, in a functional state so that it can be shared and explored by all SGI fans. For those of you who treasure your collection of software and don't want to share it, I want to remind you of two things:
1- I´m sure that ALL sgi users enjoy and use some apps thanks that someone previously share it and later someone fix it to work.
Honestly, having the SGI machines only with IRIX without applications is not so much fun and even if you want to buy an application on ebay, the most possible thing is that you never find it or if you find it at reasonable price you can't use because the original company not exist to move the license from one user to another user.
2- If you have a node locked licensed app and not want to share I want to remind you that your SGI will not live forever and they are practically irreparable machines with very limited spare parts. If you share your installation CDs it's possible that other users can fix to make it works, can continue using your app in another SGI when your licensed SGI dies.
3- Sharing your applications, installers or licenses does not make your personal collection lose value, an SGI machine with real license or original install CDs and manuals always have the same value. It's like scan and print a Picasso picture, never take the same value as original Picasso picture but help to other people to appreciate the Picasso work and preserve the "historical value" in case of original picture lost or die in a fire accident.
4- When more software we can rescue and share, the more entertaining this hobby is with people sharing knowledge, tutorials, information about applications, etc ... All this would never be possible if we do not share.
What you think about this ?.
None of this is commercial or profitable for any company, our intention here is not to do warez, it is to locate, preserve and share all the IRIX software that is possible and if we can, in a functional state so that it can be shared and explored by all SGI fans. For those of you who treasure your collection of software and don't want to share it, I want to remind you of two things:
1- I´m sure that ALL sgi users enjoy and use some apps thanks that someone previously share it and later someone fix it to work.
Honestly, having the SGI machines only with IRIX without applications is not so much fun and even if you want to buy an application on ebay, the most possible thing is that you never find it or if you find it at reasonable price you can't use because the original company not exist to move the license from one user to another user.
2- If you have a node locked licensed app and not want to share I want to remind you that your SGI will not live forever and they are practically irreparable machines with very limited spare parts. If you share your installation CDs it's possible that other users can fix to make it works, can continue using your app in another SGI when your licensed SGI dies.
3- Sharing your applications, installers or licenses does not make your personal collection lose value, an SGI machine with real license or original install CDs and manuals always have the same value. It's like scan and print a Picasso picture, never take the same value as original Picasso picture but help to other people to appreciate the Picasso work and preserve the "historical value" in case of original picture lost or die in a fire accident.
4- When more software we can rescue and share, the more entertaining this hobby is with people sharing knowledge, tutorials, information about applications, etc ... All this would never be possible if we do not share.
What you think about this ?.
