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From: jcb@NCD.COM (Jim Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Information on MC88110 requested
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Date: 29 Jun 91 00:38:38 GMT
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kan@bugs-bunny.rtp.dg.com (Victor Kan) writes:

    Mike> What about all the 88k's that will be going into Ford automobiles?  
    Mike> It seems like that will be a major chunk of business for them.

    IBM/Japan is selling Stratus 88k-based machines which will be launched
    in the U.S. this fall.

    Hmmm...I wonder which is projected to ship more units:

    IBM RS/6000s and SparcStations, or Ford F-150 trucks and Escorts?

    Does anyone have sales projections on the workstation/minicomputer and
    automobile markets?

    I would guess that the workstation/minicomputer market (excluding PCs,
    Macs, etc.) ships maybe O(100,000) units per year.  I would guess that
    the automobile industry ships maybe O(1,000,000) units per year.

an estimate in a business magazine (either Fortune or  Business  Week)
said _six_ million... kinda makes the  workstation  market  look  like
small potatoes, eh? :-)

now the big question is are Fords Open Look or Motif?

-Jim

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