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- From: dewey@sooner.ctci.com (Dewey Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Dell support?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.001438.1763@sooner.ctci.com>
- Summary: Dell UNIX orphaned
- Organization: CTC, Inc., Austin, TX. U.S. of A. 78757-3109
- References: <1992Dec10.145353.22643@pegasus.com> <66@nearside.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:14:38 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <66@nearside.UUCP> shwake@nearside.UUCP (Raymond Shwake) writes:
- >richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes:
- >
- >>Some time back there was a rumor that a number of the more important
- >>Dell support folks were let go or something. I don't remember hearing
- >>anything more about this and was wondering what actually happened, if
- >>anything.
- >
- > According to my sources, some of the Dell UN*X crowd have gone
- > over to Information Foundation in Denver, CO.
-
- *ONE* person from Dell's UNIX *DEVELOPMENT* team probably went there.
- I know he left and went somewhere in Colorado, but I don't know the
- company name.
- Several are now at HaL Computer, Austin.
- Several are now contracting at IBM, Austin
- One is still there (on UNIX), Another left just recently.
- Another one is now on BIOS, and that's it.
- I believe they still have quite a staff of Support Personnel, but
- that basically all that's left.(or so I've been told)
- >
- >>What's the current status of support and development for Dell Unix?
- > Don't know, except that Dell seems to be moving toward Solaris,
- > rather than SVr4.2.
-
- I doubt you'll see any more development out of Dell on THEIR UNIX
- product.
-
- Good Luck.
-