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- From: tommy@boole.att.com
- Subject: Re: Why is Sun abandoning SunOS4.1.3?
- Reply-To: tommy@boole.att.com
- Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:23:06 GMT
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- (anonymous@heather.apple.com) writes:
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- $ [...]
- $ But I'm sorry, as someone who has been an admin for a long time, SVR4 does
- $ NOT make my job easier. I and many other people have been telling Sun this
- $ for several years. However, AT&T owning 20% of Sun stock seems to carry a
- $ lot more weight with SunSoft than customers who are perfectly willing to buy
- $ hardware from other vendors.
-
- When AT&T bought NCR, it divested its stock in Sun to avoid conflict of
- interest. Although the decision for Sun to go to SVR4 preceded the NCR
- buyout.
- --
- Tom Reingold
- AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
- tommy@boole.att.com or att!boole!tommy
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