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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Yet Another Killer Micro?
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Date: 2 Mar 90 17:31:12 GMT
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/* Written 11:58 am  Mar  1, 1990 by amir@smsc.sony.com in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.arch */
> I don't see how it is going to be an IBM killer.  Motorola still needs to
> prove that it can be a computer company and not just a semiconductor company.
> It has failed everytime in the past.

HP proved it can be a workstation company by purchasing Apollo.  Well
folks, Motorola purchased Gould's Urbana software division recently,
so now it has a lot more UNIX expertise than in the past.  I would
look for much more sophisticated Motorola system software in the near
future.


Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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