thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (05/04/90)
Well, time again for some more pleasant news about Commodore ... In the latest issue of UNIX INTERNATIONAL GAZETTE (Vol.II, No.2), on page 14: "Other companies most recently joing UNIX International are: Commodore International Ltd. Facom Center Association PICK Systems " CBM (and the AMIGA!) have now joined the ranks of: 88Open Consortium Altos Computer Systems Amdahl Corp. Arix Corp. AT&T BankAmerica Corp. C.Itoh Cambridge Technology Group Canon, Inc. Citibank Concurrent Control Data Corp. CONVEX Computer Corp. Cray Computer Corp. Data General Dell Computer Corp. E.I.duPont Emulex Corp. Encore FIAT Auto Fuji Xerox Fujitsu HCL Corp. Informix Ingres Corp. Intel (??? Huh ??? :-) KMart Corp. Matsushita MIPS Computer Systems Motorola Corp. NCR Corp. NEC Corp. Nippon Steel OKI Electric Olivetti Oracle Corp. Prime Computer Pyramid Technology Samsung The Santa Cruz Oper. Sanyo Sequent Computer Silicon Graphics Solbourne Computer SONY SPARC International Stardent Computer Sumitomo SUN Microsystems Sybase, Inc. Tandem Computers Tatung Texas Instruments Tolerant Systems Toshiba Corp. Unisoft Unisys Corp. Wang Labs Wyse Technology Xerox Corp. (There are MANY other members; the names above are the ones I recognized). Gee. Only companies such as Apple and IBM haven't seen the light and are still stuck on OSF, the so-called "other" UNIX. Well, what to expect, when Apple's latest offering, AUX 2.0, is but 5 releases behind the current REAL UNIX, and IBM only pays lip service to UNIX with its AIX. Also missing from the UNIX International roster is the name Atari. And let us not forget that Apple is no longer represented on the ANSI X3T9.2 SCSI Committee. The story is they "couldn't be bothered." It shows. What a month! CBM debuting the A3000; a two-page spread in the Wall Street Journal featuring the A3000; a 1/4 page ad from Quantum also in the Wall Street Journal thanking Commodore for making Quantum a success (they NEVER thanked Apple! :-), and now finding CBM amongst the ranks of the GREAT! And today is only May 3. Whew, only 28 more days to go! :-) Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]