Having dangled its local area internetworking outfit in the shop window for almost two years now, Sun Microsystems Inc has, as reported briefly, decided to fold the wholly-owned Sitka Corp back into its SunSelect PC-NFS networking arm, effective on December 28. Sitka, based in Alameda, California will continue to sell its TOPS network operating system […]
Having dangled its local area internetworking outfit in the shop window for almost two years now, Sun Microsystems Inc has, as reported briefly, decided to fold the wholly-owned Sitka Corp back into its SunSelect PC-NFS networking arm, effective on December 28. Sitka, based in Alameda, California will continue to sell its TOPS network operating system line through existing channels but will operate under the SunSelect name out of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. SunSelect general manager Carl Ledbetter takes the reins at the combined unit. Sitka gained an arms length separation from Sun in January 1990 (CI No 1,343), naming its own own board of directors. At the time, Sun appeared to be manoeuvering the business for sale. Sun says it will be able to compete more aggressively in the personal computer networking market with Sitka’s peer-to-peer and pen computing software.
