ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) (10/14/90)
A net.acquaintance who was working at Tektronix in Washington or Oregon reports that they are abandoning the 88K workstation effort! Is this just a rumour or has this been in the news and I missed it or what? Am I way off base? -- Gregory G. Woodbury @ The Wolves Den UNIX, Durham NC UUCP: ...dukcds!wolves!ggw ...mcnc!wolves!ggw [use the maps!] Domain: ggw@cds.duke.edu ggw%wolves@mcnc.mcnc.org [The line eater is a boojum snark! ] <standard disclaimers apply>
torrie@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) (10/15/90)
ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) writes: >A net.acquaintance who was working at Tektronix in Washington or Oregon >reports that they are abandoning the 88K workstation effort! Is this >just a rumour or has this been in the news and I missed it or what? I've heard that they're looking for a buyer of the division within 60 days. If none is forthcoming, they're closing it down... Evan Torrie torrie@cs.stanford.edu
ndoduc@framentec.fr (Nhuan Doduc) (10/15/90)
In <1990Oct14.003906.26373@wolves.uucp> ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) writes: >A net.acquaintance who was working at Tektronix in Washington or Oregon >reports that they are abandoning the 88K workstation effort! Is this >just a rumour or has this been in the news and I missed it or what? >Am I way off base? Over there in France, a marketing friend of me boasted last september that we can wait for a big change from 88k to "his" risc by october. Now we're only the 15th, so ... The strangest of all is that when I mentionned this to another marketing friend (of another 88K vendor), he seems to agree, reluctantly through, to the "unavoidability" of this move ... --nh Nhuan DODUC, Framentec-Cognitech, Paris, France, ndoduc@framentec.fr or ndoduc@cognitech.fr, Association Francaise des Utilisateurs d'Unix, France, doduc@afuu.fr
fred@prisma.cv.ruu.nl (Fred Appelman) (10/15/90)
In <1990Oct14.003906.26373@wolves.uucp> ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) writes: >A net.acquaintance who was working at Tektronix in Washington or Oregon >reports that they are abandoning the 88K workstation effort! Is this >just a rumour or has this been in the news and I missed it or what? > >Am I way off base? No, you're not. I can confirm this. I've received an official press release from Tektronix the Netherlands, in which they announce that they stop producing 88K workstations, and they leave the Workstations market. De hardware will be supported for at least 3 years. -- Fred J.R. Appelman, 3D Computer Vision, Utrecht University AZU, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31-30-506710 Fax: +31-30-513399 e-mail: fred@cv.ruu.nl or appelman@cs.unc.edu -- Fred J.R. Appelman, 3D Computer Vision, Utrecht University AZU, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31-30-506710 Fax: +31-30-513399 e-mail: fred@cv.ruu.nl or appelman@cs.unc.edu
andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) (10/17/90)
The Tektronix 88k-based workstation group is shut down. A skeleton
staff remains to clear things up, but new systems are not being sold.
The "shutdown within 60 days if no buyer is found" announcement was
just to satisfy the regulatory agencies. Our pay continues for 60
days, but we're supposed to stay away from work.
-=- Andrew Klossner (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew) [UUCP]
(andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA]lewine@dg-rtp.dg.com (Donald Lewine) (10/19/90)
In article <1990Oct14.003906.26373@wolves.uucp>, ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) writes: |> A net.acquaintance who was working at Tektronix in Washington or Oregon |> reports that they are abandoning the 88K workstation effort! Is this |> just a rumour or has this been in the news and I missed it or what? |> |> Am I way off base? You seem to be right on. Digital News (Page 5 -- October 15, 1990) states that Tek is going out of the workstation business. If a buyer is not found is 60 days, the company will turn out the lights. Anyone want to buy a workstation company? The article claims the control 0.6 percent of the workstation market. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald A. Lewine (508) 870-9008 Voice Data General Corporation (508) 366-0750 FAX 4400 Computer Drive. MS D112A Westboro, MA 01580 U.S.A. uucp: uunet!dg!lewine Internet: lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com