市场现况可能迫使更多Wintel阵营外的供应商在1998年与Microsoft和Intel公司合作。1997年12月下旬发布的两个公告(一个由Intel和Sun Microsystems公司宣布,另一个是关于Microsoft和SGI)表明,在今后的一年中,多家RISC/Unix供应商将通过建立重要的Wintel联盟两面下注以防损失。观察家们认为,随着Windows NT和Pentium处理器步入企业级环境,Unix/RISC解决方案正在变成一种极可能被替代 Market conditions may force more suppliers outside the Wintel camp to work with Microsoft and Intel in 1998. Two announcements, released in late December 1997 (one announced by Intel and Sun Microsystems and one on Microsoft and SGI), indicate that multiple RISC / Unix vendors will build on the important Wintel The league bets both sides to prevent loss. Observers believe that as Windows NT and Pentium processors move into the enterprise environment, Unix / RISC solutions are becoming a type that is likely to be replaced