ekrell@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Eduardo Krell[dgb]) (10/04/89)
(From today's New York Times): SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3. - The Pyramid Technology Corporation, a minicomputer manufacturer based in Mountain View, Calif., entered a strategic partnership agreement with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company to develop a new generation of high-performance computer systems. The systemss will be based on Unix, the software operating system developed by AT&T. The agreement also calls for AT&T to market the systems, as well as existing Pyramid products, under its own name. A Pyramid spokesman said the agreement was worth $30 million in the first year and $400 million over the next five years. -- Eduardo Krell AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill {att,decvax,ucbvax}!ulysses!ekrell Internet: ekrell@ulysses.att.com