pmorris@bbn.com (Phil Morris) (10/17/90)
Well, the source is the rumor column of InfoWorld, so take it with a VERY large grain of salt. "Stretching the bounds of any reality, I've (Robert Cringely) heard that Commodore and Sun will in November announce that Commodore will take over Sun's Intel and Motorola workstation lines. I'm still not sure I believe this, but the idea is that Sun doesn't want the support burden, while Commodore is desparate to get into the Unix market." [Oh? I thought that's why they're doing SVR4 on the Amiga] Anyways, happy rumor-mongering. -Phil -------- Phil Morris (pmorris@dgi0.bbn.com) Disclaimer: ME? I'm only a non-smoking cat; can't believe a word I meow.
smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN) (10/20/90)
In article <33674@nigel.ee.udel.edu> pmorris@bbn.com (Phil Morris) writes: >Well, the source is the rumor column of InfoWorld, so take it with a VERY >large grain of salt. > >"Stretching the bounds of any reality, I've (Robert Cringely) heard that >Commodore and Sun will in November announce that Commodore will take over >Sun's Intel and Motorola workstation lines. I'm still not sure I believe >this, but the idea is that Sun doesn't want the support burden, while >Commodore is desparate to get into the Unix market." > This may not be quite as strange as it sounds (strange, yes, but not that strange). * Sun has stopped supporting their 386 line. That is, the latest release of the the SunOS, 4.1 will not be available for the 386i. * The Sun Motorola line accounts for only about 15% of their current sales, and is shrinking. * On November 5, Sun will announce some "new products", presumably the follow on to the Sparcstation 1+ (Sparc 2?). * The 386 group is already stationed in the East Coast, New York I think. So November 5 might be a good time for them to announce their exit from the Moto. market. While their 680x0 and Intel machines are still viable, there is really no point for them to continue spending resources on 3 different archetectures. Now, why would Commodore want to pick up those lines? Beats the hell out of me. Where would they get the money for it? Dunno. But we should find out in a couple of weeks. If they do do something like that I can only hope that it doesn't pull tech support away from the Amiga line. >> mike smithwick << Any opinions are my own since nobody else would ever want them. "Colonize Cyberspace!"