AT&T - Pyramid Computer Venture

[Eduardo Krell[dgb]]

(From today's New York Times):

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3. - The Pyramid Technology Corporation, a
minicomputer manufacturer based in Mountain View, Calif., entered a
strategic partnership agreement with the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company to develop a new generation of high-performance computer systems.

The systemss will be based on Unix, the software operating system developed
by AT&T. The agreement also calls for AT&T to market the systems, as well
as existing Pyramid products, under its own name. A Pyramid spokesman
said the agreement was worth $30 million in the first year and $400
million over the next five years.
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    Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill

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