"AT&T to resell Pyramid computers" (for real)

[Stephen J. Friedl]

Hi folks,

     This appeared in Computer Systems News (18-Sep-89, p2),
and part of it is reproduced here with permission only from
my mom.

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     "AT&T Turns to Pyramid" - Basking Ridge, NJ

     AT&T is close to signing an OEM agreement with Pyramid
     Technology Corp. under which AT&T will offer Pyramid
     computers as high-end lures to attract IBM minicomputer
     users.

     For Pyramid, the deal would fit neatly into its strategy of
     expanding its business by selling its MIServer line of
     minicomputers and superminis through other vendors.

     The Pyramid system, which will carry an AT&T logo, is
     expected to replace the model 4000 in AT&T's 3B2 [sic]
     minicomputer line.  [it's really the 3B4000].

     An AT&T spokesman said he was unaware of a pending OEM deal
     with Pyramid, Mountain View, Calif. and Pyramid did not
     return calls by press time.  Pyramid has told analysists it
     expects to soon sign an OEM agreement with a major computer
     company.

     [much more deleted]

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     I'm not a marketing type, but this looks like a positive
development.  We looked into a 3B4000 some time ago and got the
pretty clear impression that they weren't doing so well, so maybe
this was in fact the case.

     A question I have is whether they will do their own raw port
of UNIX to it or rely on Pyramid's.  Certainly the latter is the
more expedient, but it opens them up to the same kind of
nonportability problems they had with the UNIX PC where the
operating systems aren't the same all around.

     Any comments?

     Steve

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