shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (11/21/90)
>Originally, with the SysVr3 product, Dell unix was not sold on >non-Dell machines, even though it generally worked. The logic was >strictly based on support cost - *any* vendor will tell you that >support is expensive. By sticking with Dell hardware, we stuck with >machines we knew, and equally important, we could test relevant >configurations before releasing product. About two years ago, I'd contacted AT&T regarding installing their UNIX/386 on a non-ATT box. At the time, they were alone in offering the latest Bell Labs compiler, and other goodies. I was told that, while it might work, they would only support it on ATT hardware. To run on generic hardware, they referred me to Interactive! I believe they now support their Intel UNIX for use on generic hardware.