【正文】 T grants a UNIX license to IBM. [] September ? Steve Jobs and five former senior managers of Apple Computer Inc. found NeXT Incorporated. [] [46] [] [] 1986 January ? Sun Microsystems first sells shares to the public. [] ? IBM announces the IBM RT Personal Computer, using RISCbased technology from IBM’s 801 project of the mid70s. It is one of the first merciallyavailable 32bit RISCbased puters. The base configuration has 1 MB RAM, a MB floppy, and 40 MB hard drive, for US$11,700. With 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 ?