Fujitsu Ltd is believed to have recruited core staff for its Open Systems Solutions Inc Unix research and development venture in Emeryville, California, from Unix software house UniSoft Corp. UniSoft founder and president Jeff Schriebman becomes chief operating officer of the start up, which expects to have a roll call of 30 by the end of the year. The new venture is to develop Unix system software products for Fujitsu – and its Amdahl Corp and ICL Plc siblings – which will be marketed worldwide by other Fujitsu units. Fujitsu’s Unix line includes the UXP/M mainframes introduced in August last year, the A series Motorola 68000 family mid-range systems, and Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations which it resells. Initial investment in the firm is put at $2.3m. The company has also announced the setting up of a new software development firm in China – Beijing Fujitsu Systems Ltd as a joint venture with China National Computer Software & Technology Service Corp and China International Computer Software Engineering Corp, capitalised at $362,000. Fujitsu Ltd says it will hold a 51% stake in the joint venture.
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