Hitachi Ltd has signed an agreement with Just Systems Inc, the developer of Japan’s two most popular packages, the Ichi-Taroo Japanese word processing package and Hanako graphics package, and will bundle both of them with its B-16 range of personal computers, which will also be offered fitted with a telephone for the convenience of businessmen: Hitachi is Number Four in mainframes after Fujitsu, IBM and NEC Corp, and the moves are part of Hitachi’s efforts to make up lost ground on NEC and Toshiba Corp in the personal computer market, where it is weak.
HITACHI SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH JUST SYSTEMS
