franka@tekcad.UUCP (12/09/83)
#R:hlexa:-75300:tekcad:6300002:000:1032 tekcad!franka Dec 9 08:58:00 1983 >/***** tekcad:net.unix / hlexa!pcl / 1:39 am Dec 8, 1983*/ >Subject: Re: IBM rumored to be planning UNIX support > >Subject: IBM UNIX DECLARATION EXPECTED - (nf) > >UNIX IMPLEMENTATION FOR IBM COMPUTERS >ANTICIPATED, Information Systems News, 11/28, >p.1. Industry sources reported that IBM will >make a major announcement defining its strategy >for providing UNIX for its mainframe >processors, and possibly for its PCs. The >announcement may come by mid-December. Some >sources see the strategy declaration as >forestalling possible competitive pressure from >AT&T after Jan 1; others view it as answering >customers' clamor for UNIX applications. >Several leading software firms are pursuing >UNIX development contracts with IBM. >/* ---------- */ Well, if IBM is using it, there MUST be something wrong with it. Guess it's time to switch to a new OS. From the truly menacing, /- -\ but usually underestimated, <-> Frank Adrian (tektronix!tekcad!franka)