Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!portal!atari!good
From: good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho, he he he... Atari 030 box (giggle)
Message-ID: <1029@atari.UUCP>
Date: 31 Mar 88 02:18:20 GMT
References: <679UD140469@NDSUVM1> <47483@sun.uucp>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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Summary: Clarification


Just a short clarification to Chuck McMannis' earlier posting about how
a Boring UNIX Box can be built in alittle over a month. 
Sure the box can, and maybe that's how Sun did it (you know, OEMing all 
the bits and pasting them together). But I dont think so.
However, we are going for custom chips and a good assortment of usable,
professional, software for First Customer Ship. Also, of course,
regulatory compliance for international markets is generally expected
to take more than 24hours, and is a good Beta test program. Plus we
will provide UNIX V.3.1, with all the internationalization features etc.

And, for Chuck's enlightenment, although most of you seem to know it
already, prototype hardware running System V was indeed shown at Hannover.

As for being boring, I don't think the features we plan to offer as
standard, nor the low-cost options, will be considered boring. I think
they will be seen as incredible value for money.

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Roy J. Good
Product Development, Atari Corporation

Views expressed are my own. Atari may agree or disagree; they have the right.
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