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From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Betting on 88k futures (was Tektronix shutdown ...)
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Date: 26 Oct 90 15:30:46 GMT
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Scott Glasser (glasser@dg-rtp.dg.com) writes:

	"The US Geological Survey (DIS II) and Sprint International
	have placed "bets" totaling over $150M that DG's AViiON 88k
	Systems will be around at least until the late '90s."

I could make similar statements about companies that bet on the
Tektronix 88k system.  In withdrawing from the market, we dealt a death
blow to at least two of them.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)    [UUCP]
                        (andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]