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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Motorola Press Release on the 88110 (or, numbers, numbers)
Message-ID: <1990Nov15.081224.4461@erbe.se>
Date: 15 Nov 90 08:12:24 GMT
References: <1116@dg.dg.com> <42958@mips.mips.COM> <1990Nov13.193744.805@iconsys.icon.com>
Organization: ERBE DATA AB, Jakobsberg, Sweden
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In a recent article malc@iconsys.icon.com (Malcolm Weir) writes:

>This is a game played by many vendors in order to fill the 3rd part catalog.
>I know Moto Comp. Sys. Div., SCO, ARIX, NCR, Unisys, Uniforum and others list
>COBOL, BASIC, Informix, Progress, etc. etc. packages as available, supported
>applications. They are not ever likely to be certified 88Open compliant, but
>they are reasons why people choose to buy the box.

A quick glance throgh the latest 88open Sourcebook revealed that there
are several BASIC, COBOL and whatever packages that are fully certified.

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