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Subject: Re: IBM rumored to be planning UNIX support
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Date: Wed, 7-Dec-83 19:18:49 EST
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Subject: IBM UNIX DECLARATION EXPECTED - (nf)

UNIX IMPLEMENTATION FOR IBM COMPUTERS
ANTICIPATED, Information Systems News, 11/28,
p.1.  Industry sources reported that IBM will
make a major announcement defining its strategy
for providing UNIX for its mainframe
processors, and possibly for its PCs.  The
announcement may come by mid-December.  Some
sources see the strategy declaration as
forestalling possible competitive pressure from
AT&T after Jan 1; others view it as answering
customers' clamor for UNIX applications.
Several leading software firms are pursuing
UNIX development contracts with IBM.