Data General Corp has gone to Phoenix Technologies Ltd for its OpenPC software co-processor that emulates the MS-DOS environment on non-Intel hardware under Unix. It has commissioned Phoenix to do a version of OpenPC for the Motorola 88000 RISC and plans to make it available on its 88000-based AViiON by year-end. As of July 1, the former research institute of one of Japan’s leading personal computer software houses, Japan Soft Bank, changed its identity from The Soft bank Research Institute to Structured Research Institute following a management buyout something almost unheard of in Japan – by its president: as well as continuing its current business of developing Unix system software, the new SRI will team up with two US software companies, Interactive Systems Corp, Santa Monica, and Phoenix Technologies Ltd, Norwood, Massachusetts, to develop Japanese versions of the VP/ix Unix and Phoenix’s BIOS for building IBM compatible personal computers; the new company will also develop user interface software for communications and screen displays under Unix, and half of the company’s prospective revenues are expected to come from Unix over the current financial year.
