ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (AMOEBOID) (02/16/90)
Recent developments in the the Governmental Acquisition Office have
led to the very distinct possibility that the Air Force contract
with Apple/Honeywell will be overturned. The contract called for
between 10,000 and 80,000 Macs (i think the cxi and se??) be
delivered over the next 5 years (total award about $137 million).
One of the restrictions of the contract as that the machine
of choice "...be able to run at least 10 operations at the same
time." and while the Unix end of the proposed apples could
do it, the Mac itself could only run 1 Mac operation at one
time. The organization that keeps tabs on these things (the
GAO I believe) has recommended that the contract be put out
for rebid. Hopefully with the advent of the new governmental
office at CBM, they will take full advantage of this opportunity,
(although I doubt the Air Force has many 1000's to trade in :-)).
Here's hoping our beloved Amigas grow wings and learn to fly. :-)
Regards,
George Gibeau
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