Motorola Inc’s internal IT General Systems Sector turns out to be its biggest Unix customer. It apparently has bought Delta 8000 Unix systems valued at $40m, representing 10% of Motorola’s worldwide sales and almost half its European sales to date. The machines have replaced $90m of mainframe equipment for the cellular telephone business over the […]
Motorola Inc’s internal IT General Systems Sector turns out to be its biggest Unix customer. It apparently has bought Delta 8000 Unix systems valued at $40m, representing 10% of Motorola’s worldwide sales and almost half its European sales to date. The machines have replaced $90m of mainframe equipment for the cellular telephone business over the past two years. The Computer Systems Group responsible for manufacturing and marketing the 88100-based Unix machines contributes $400m annually to Motorola Inc’s coffers – of which $100m is derived in Europe, and it has just crept into profit. Motorola’s UK division of the Computer Systems Group sells a dominant two thirds of total UK system sales. The IT General Systems Sector involved in downsizing Motorola’s internal computing operations, a part of which services the cellular business, which itself contributes $3,500m in revenues to Motorola Inc. By the end of the year, the company claims that it will have saved $69m by junking mainframes in favour of its home-grown Unix systems.
