ATT unix on non-ATT hardware <was: Dell unix on non-Dell hardware>

[Ray Shwake]

>Originally, with the SysVr3 product, Dell unix was not sold on
>non-Dell machines, even though it generally worked.  The logic was
>strictly based on support cost - *any* vendor will tell you that
>support is expensive.  By sticking with Dell hardware, we stuck with
>machines we knew, and equally important, we could test relevant
>configurations before releasing product.

	About two years ago, I'd contacted AT&T regarding installing their
UNIX/386 on a non-ATT box. At the time, they were alone in offering the
latest Bell Labs compiler, and other goodies. I was told that, while it
might work, they would only support it on ATT hardware. To run on generic
hardware, they referred me to Interactive! I believe they now support 
their Intel UNIX for use on generic hardware.