1989

January saw MAIT open its educational wing in order to recognize training institutes in India. 

Dr Rajaramani took over as the DoE Secretary.

The Electronics Commission was finally abolished as the government felt that its role is being duplicated by

DoE.

The US government put restriction on giving visas to Indian software professionals by introducing the ‘Super 301.’

Motorola launched its 68040 chip.

Intel announced its i486 chip. Wipro and DCM DP announced their 486 machines.

Takeovers became a reality in the Indian IT industry with HCL taking over IDM and Computer Point being taken over by the

Modis.

Industry crossed the Rs1,000 mark; with HCL leading the pack. 

Hewlett-Packard took over Apollo. 

A computer virus called Worm planted in a national network in the US creating havoc in US government institutions. 

Unisys lays claim to one of the lowest priced 68030-based systems, announcing a 4 MIPS 68030-based diskless workstation with 4MB RAM for $5,495.

Fujitsu introduces world’s fastest single processor super computer. Two models of the Facom VP 2000 series run at a speed of 4

gigaflops.

HCL buys a sizeable amount of shares in

IDM.

TELCO launches Turbo Analyst, India’s first indigenously developed CASE Tool.

Hewlett-Packard takes over Apollo Computers in a $500 million deal. 

Sterling Computers goes public.