Landover, Maryland-based Falcon Microsystems Inc, which markets Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to the US Federal government, reckons (probably rightly) that Uncle Sam is about to discover a deepfelt need for RISC-based Unix file servers, and has acquired rights to market MIPS Computer Systems Inc’s servers to the government: Falcon will add MIPS’ RC3240 to the General Services Administration’s Schedule C, the official purchasing catalogue for personal computing products, and will add MIPS products as an integral part of its systems itegration activities; leading is a term bandied about by US companies with an abandon that invites deep scepticism – companies filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection still style themselves as the leaders in their field, but when Falcon calls itself the leading supplier of Macintosh-based integrated systems to the US government, it may be justified – it claims to be Apple’s third-largest customer, and to have sold about 90% of all Macs used by Uncle Sam; privately-held Falcon looks for $125m sales in the year to April.
