Open Software Foundation

[Renu Raman]

Charles Ditzel wrote:
>I might understand Apollo's problems but I seem to remember that a number
>the Hamilton Group dropped out and stated that they where satisfied with
>AT&T "concessions".  One of those was Gould, whose President stated that
>they would take AT&T up on the promise of being able to give puts to future
>versions of Unix.  Others were Unisys and MIPS.  I couldn't help but notice
>Silicon Graphics absence from the OSF "announcement".  Obviously there are

>Naturally My Opinions Are My Own and not those of my employers.

Mine too:

     Its very interesting to note that the seven-not-so-dwarfs don't
     ship/have UNIX as their primary OS.  Gould, SGI, MIPS, et. al
     have Unix as their primary and probably only OS.  Is it because 
     they are totally dependent on ATT (right now at least - from licensing
     perspective) for Unix or was it by Choice.  Ofcourse it may well be
     that these companies could join OSF at a later date (including Sun
     and who knows ATT too :-))?  

     personal opinion:  The seven-not-so-dwarfs is composed of strange
     bedfellows.  Its composed of companies who are serious about this
     and companies that are not-so-serious. proof: Olsen (DEC pres.)
     says in 5/16/88 issue of businees week (the cover article is
     a profile on Olsen & DEC)
      
      "networking is so complicated that no customer in its right mind
      would trust company business to software that was controlled by
      a committee made up of mutual competitors. "The open network will
      be as exciting as a Russian truck," - Olsen quips.

      Boy, a week later the russian truck was ordered:-).
      enuff said...

I have to reiterate here: 
My Opinions Are My Own and not those of my employers.