Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!ihlpf!straka From: straka@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Straka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: IBM's NeXT User Interface Keywords: UNIX, NeXT, AIX, AT&T, Sun, IBM Message-ID: <6258@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Date: 26 Sep 88 17:35:41 GMT References: <417@nikhefk.UUCP> <3705@Portia.Stanford.EDU> Sender: uucp@super.ORG Reply-To: straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 11 In article <3705@Portia.Stanford.EDU> mouser@portia.stanford.edu (Michael Wang) writes: >In the interest of creating one unified UNIX that incorporates all the good >features of the current UNIXs, AT&T bought a majority stake in Sun ^^^^^^^^ Point of information: The stake was a minority one, ~~15% +-5%. If AT&T had bought a MAJORITY interest in Sun, it would have effectively controlled the company lock, stock & barrel (whatever that means). -- Rich Straka ihnp4!ihlpf!straka Avoid BrainDamage: MSDOS - just say no!