The ATTIS 3B series computers were a complete failure, and sales of the highly-anticipated UNIX PC were disappointing. ATTIS (AT&T Information Systems) would be fully merged into the parent company, AT&T.
Looking at the San Francisco Chronicle in his hands, William Kennard showed no expression on his face; he had already seen this news in an internal bulletin.
Not only that, the situation with AT&T's computer systems division, which dominates the communication market, was also far from good. Last year, it had spent a huge sum of money to buy a 20% stake in Sun Microsystems, but by the beginning of this year, it had already sold it off completely.
AT&T's layout in the computer field had not become, as the board had once hoped, the next giant after IBM.
On the contrary, not only was IBM gradually being replaced in the personal computer field, but AT&T's computer business was even facing the risk of shutdown.
