Intel Corp has begun developing more chips for laptop computers, but does not intend to make motherboards for portables as it does for desktop computers, chief executive Andrew Grove declared in Tokyo.
Motorola Inc president Chris Galvin warns that the company is returning to a period of moderate growth after extraordinary expansion in 1993 and 1994. We’re at our historic growth pattern of 15% or so, Galvin said in an interview with Reuters after the annual meeting.
What do you call a company that passes up the opportunity to invest in Microsoft Corp when the company is still privately held, sells substantial minority stakes in Intel Corp and MCI Communications Corp just as their ultimate dominance is beginning to become apparent, and buys Rolm Co outright? IBM is of course the answer, which is why cynics are starting to wonder whether we haven’t got proprietary on-line services all wrong and to suspect that there may be hidden value in Prodigy Services Co now IBM Corp is preparing to sell out for a song…
Computer Associates, Islandia, New York, is expected to launch its much anticipated CA-Unicenter/TNG systems management software next week.
