【正文】 ith performance of only 2 MIPS, it is doomed from the beginning. [6] [19] [] [] ? NeXT and Apple Computer reach an outofcourt settlement on Apple Computer’s lawsuit against NeXT. [] March ? Silicon Graphics decides to switch from the Motorola 68000 processor line to MIPS Technologies’ RISC processors. [29] (month unknown) ? MIPS Technologies unveils the 8MHz R20xx 32bit CPU. With 110,000 transistors, it achieves a speed rating of 5 MIPS. [] (1985 []) ? MIPS Technologies begins volume shipments of the 8MHz R20xx processor. [29] June ? Systems incorporating MIPS Technologies’ R20xx processor begin shipping. [] [187] (month unknown) ? IBM begins work on a new line of Unixbased workstations. (They will bee the IBM RS/6000 series.) [26] ? Motorola begins work on the 88000 processor. [29] September ? Steve Jobs decides to use erasable optical disk drives for the first NeXT puter. [] November ? The TV show, The Entrepreneurs airs nationally on PBS in the US. One segment shows Steve Jobs and his NeXT employees discussing business at a pany retreat. [] 1987 July 8 ? Sun Microsystems introduces its first SPARCbased system, the Sun4/260, with 10 MIPS performance. Sun announces it is offering licenses for its SPARC microprocessor architecture. [29] [] [] [] (October []) (late 1986 []) December 31 ? Market share of Technical/Engineering workstations: Sun Microsystems %, DEC %, Apollo %, HP %, IBM %. [] 1988 January ? Sun Microsystems and ATamp。T announce the intention to set a standard for UNIX. [] April ? Motorola unveils the 88000 processor. [29] May ? A consortium of seven panies, including IBM, announce the Open Software Foundation to develop UNIX standard. [] (month unknown) ? Sun Microsystems ships its 100,000th workstation puter. [] ? NeXT begins negotiations with Businessland for a possible deal to sell NeXT puters outside of the education market. [] September ? SPEC is formed, with the aim of producing a Unix system benchmark based on a standard set of reallife applications programs. [25] (month unknown) ? An engineering task force at Digital Equipment begins project Alpha, to develop a new processor architecture to succeed the VAX. [] [] (begins in mid1989 []) October ? Steve Jobs begins persuading Lotus Development to develop the Improv spreadsheet program for the NeXT puter. [] ? Steve Jobs of NeXT Inc. unveils the first NeXT puter, at the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. For US$6500, it features: 25MHz Motorola 68030 processor and 68882 math coprocessor, 8 MB RAM, 17inch monochrome monitor, 256 MB read/write magooptical drive, and objectoriented NeXTSTEP operating system. It is dubbed the Cube because its system box measures 1 foot on all sides. [21] [] [] [] [] [64] [] [,162,166] [214] (August [2]) (month unknown) ? Quote by Bill Gates, of Microsoft, on Steve Jobs’ introduction of the NeXT puter: He put a microprocessor in a box. So what?. [] ? Quote by Bill Gates, of Microsoft, when asked if he would develop software for the NeXT puter: Develop for it? I’ll piss on it.. [] December 31 ? Shipments of Unixbased systems in Italy for the year: 30,000, worth US$548 million. [] 1989 January ? Digital Equipment introduces its first RISCbased workstation, the DECstation 3100, using the R20xx MIPS Technologies processor. [24] [29] [] February ? Quote from Sun Microsystem’s Scott McNealy when asked what he thought of the NeXT Cube: ... it’s the wrong operating system, the wrong processor, and the wrong price.. [] March ? NeXT announces a deal with Businessland to sell NeXT puters outside of the education market. [,208] May ? HewlettPackard buys workstation maker Apollo Computer for US$476 million. [27] ? Solbourne Computers Incorporated is the first to announce a line of SPARCbased Sunpatible puters. [] (1988 []) June ? Canon agrees to buy % of NeXT for US$100 million. [] (month unknown) ? Digital Equipment introduces the DECstation 2100 puter. It features R20xx processor, 8 MB RAM, 15 inch monochrome 1024x864 monitor, Ether, mouse, keyboard, Ultrix Workstation Software operating system, SoftPC DOS emulator. Price is US$7950. [] [] ? Sun Microsystems announces the MIPS 20MHz SPARCstation 1 for a base price of US$9000. [4] [] [145] ? SPARC International is formed. [] ? Data General unveils its Aviion workstation line, based on the Motorola 88000. [29] July ? In Tokyo, Canon introduces the NeXT Computer. Price is about US$14,000. An optional 660 MB hard drive adds US$14,000. [] (month unknown) ? Absoft introduces a FORTRAN 77 piler for NeXT systems. Price is US$1000. [] ? To date, there are about 4 to 5 million Unix users worldwide. [] ? Cypress Semiconductor introduces the 40MHz 7C601 RISC processor, based on Sun Microsystem’s SPARC design. Performance is about 29 MIPS. Price is US$895 in 100 unit quantities. [] ? HewlettPackard’s Apollo division introduces the Apollo 2500 workstation. It features 20MHz Motorola 68030 processor, 20MHz 68882 math coprocessor, 4 MB RAM, 15 inch 1024x768 monochrome monitor, keyboard, mouse, Unix System V release 3. Price is US$3990. Price with 200 MB SCSI hard drive and Domain/OS operating system is about US$3990. [] [] [] [] September ? HewlettPackard announces a US$3990 UNIX workstation based on the Motorola 68030. [27] ? NeXT ships the first NeXT Computer systems. [] [46] [] ? NeXT releases NeXTSTEP . [] [46] [] October ? SPEC releases version of its SPEC Benchmark Suite for Unix systems. [25] [] [191] ? IBM signs a deal with NeXT to license the NeXTSTEP operating system, for US$10 million. [] (1988 []) (month unknown) ? Motorola begins large volume shipments of the 88100 processor. [191] ? In New York, the Uni