Hmmm, Microsoft isn’t exactly “free” with their OS licensing, but this
doesn’t seem to stop people on Ebay from selling machines with a whole
wack of Microsoft (and other vendors) products for “evaluation”, that
“must be removed” from the machine when bought, since the seller is
retaining the license 
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Mantler [mailto:tony@astra.mb.ca]
Posted At: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 7:26 AM
Posted To: os
Conversation: Will QNX RTP run on a SGI Indigo2?
Subject: Re: Will QNX RTP run on a SGI Indigo2?
Previously, Kris Eric Warkentin wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.os:
I know it’s not QNX but if you’re just looking to get the machine up,
I think
there could be a mips port of Linux…I may be wrong though.
[…]
Yes, both NetBSD and Linux have ports for SGI machines.
While the Indy, Indigo2 and O2 are supported to varying degrees by
either system, I think the only one with video support is the Indy with
the bare-bones “XL” graphics board. As such, neither is terribly usefull
compared to running IRIX.
A lot of people make the error of purchasing an SGI without getting OS
media. It’s a bit of a shame that SGI isn’t more free with their OS
liscencing, it would make buying used systems much simpler.
Cheers - Tony ‘Nicoya’ Mantler 
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