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From: sattlerc@motcid.UUCP (Chris Sattler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore to take over Sun's 680x0 and 386 lines?
Message-ID: <4858@copper.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 90 10:10:24 GMT
References: <1990Oct16.210223.11883@lavaca.uh.edu> <1358@limbo.Intuitive.Com> <8108@gollum.twg.com>
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david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes:

>In article <1358@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes:
>>> Stretching the bounds of *any* reality, I've heard that Commodore
>>> and Sun will in November announce that Commodore will take over Sun's
>>> Intel and Motorola workstation lines.  I'm still not sure I believe
>>> this, but the idea is that Sun doesn't want the support burden,
>>> while Commodore is desperate to get into the Unix market.
>>
>I don't find this too wildly strange ...

>Sun has been edging towards doing away with its 680x0 line for
>quite some time.  But they have all those customers out there
>with Sun3's who'll want support.  Soooo...  Oh, and there's this
>Sun 386i I'm typing this on .. sigh.
><- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <david@twg.com>

I have a letter for a sun sales executive.  It starts out talking
about how great SPARC is and how everybody wants one and nobody 
wants Sun 3's anymore.  And then it says:

"It is very important to us that you know about changes to the Sun
product family that will be taking place over the next six months.
Sun will be discontinuing the Sun 3/80 and Sun 3/400 product lines
effective March 31st 1991.

New purchase requests for these systems will be accepted until
December 15th 1990 and deliveries must be taken by March 31st 1991.
In accordance with Sun 3 systems, and software will continue to be
supported by Sun for a period of five years, effective January 1st
1991."

There is then some stuff about migration plans toward SPARC.

This letter was sent to one of Sun's customer's in England.