Personal computers: soft options.
Sun Microsystems, which has 80 percent of the workstation market, has plans to create a version of the UNIX operating system that will work with the most powerful IBM-compatible personal computers. The sale of a version of the UNIX system running on Sun workstations to users and manufacturers of IB...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 320; pp. 69 - 70 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
9/7/1991
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| Sumario: | Sun Microsystems, which has 80 percent of the workstation market, has plans to create a version of the UNIX operating system that will work with the most powerful IBM-compatible personal computers. The sale of a version of the UNIX system running on Sun workstations to users and manufacturers of IBM-compatible machines will enable the IBM-compatible machines to use the same software as Sun's own hardware products. Although such a move would provide direct competition for Sun's hardware products, Sun hopes that the move will generate support for a single operating system standard that will increase hardware sales for itself and its rivals. |
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