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From: lewine@dg-rtp.dg.com (Donald Lewine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Tektronix Scientific shutdown rumour
Keywords: tektronix
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Date: 19 Oct 90 13:38:13 GMT
References: <1990Oct14.003906.26373@wolves.uucp>
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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.

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