IBM rumored to be planning UNIX support

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IBM SAID TO PLAN ANNOUNCEMENT DEC. 16. Misweek,
11/30, p.6.  Last month, Greg Leveille,
president of Micro-Edge, predicted that IBM
will offer the UNIX operating system on its
Personal Computer, the Series 1, and the 4300
series.  Leveille, quoting sources both within
IBM and AT&T, said IBM would make its formal
announcement on Dec. 16.  Observers say this
will "take some of the wind out of AT&T's
sails," as divestiture takes place Jan. l.
Leveille also said that by 1984, many
semiconductor companies will have UNIX
versions, that several firms, including WECo,
are working on a UNIX chip, and that WECo will
be selling 256K RAM chips in 1984.