pcl@hlexa.UUCP (12/06/83)
IBM SAID TO PLAN ANNOUNCEMENT DEC. 16. Misweek, 11/30, p.6. Last month, Greg Leveille, president of Micro-Edge, predicted that IBM will offer the UNIX operating system on its Personal Computer, the Series 1, and the 4300 series. Leveille, quoting sources both within IBM and AT&T, said IBM would make its formal announcement on Dec. 16. Observers say this will "take some of the wind out of AT&T's sails," as divestiture takes place Jan. l. Leveille also said that by 1984, many semiconductor companies will have UNIX versions, that several firms, including WECo, are working on a UNIX chip, and that WECo will be selling 256K RAM chips in 1984.
rge@pyuxvv.UUCP (12/07/83)
That's no rumor; IBM already offers UNIX on the Series/1 (they call it cpix) and the 9000 (available from IBM Instruments).
pcl@hlexa.UUCP (12/08/83)
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.
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (12/08/83)
Well, there goes IBM, right down the tubes with the rest of us.