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From: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Splinter Unix?
Keywords: unix, aix, system v, posix
Message-ID: <348@mipseast.mips.COM>
Date: 21 May 88 23:13:53 GMT
References: <556@n8emr.UUCP> <10892@steinmetz.ge.com> <345@mipseast.mips.COM> <647@auvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: rogerk@mipseast.mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., Burlington, MA
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In article <647@auvax.UUCP> louis@auvax.UUCP (Louis Schmittroth) writes:
>In article <345@mipseast.mips.COM>, rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) writes:
>> Because AT&T doesn't want to sell those rights to anyone, but rather, 
>> protect its investment in offering the only platforms which will be UNIX 
>> on day one of release, namely their own products and those developed by 
>> their soon-to-be-subsidiary, Sun Microsystems.
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Where did you pick up that rumor?  That just doesn't seem to conform
>to the style of Sun.  Has anybody any further info on such a move?

I didn't say "wholly-owned subsidiary", you see.  AT&T has rights to buy
up to 20% of Sun's stock.
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