In May of 1990 Compaq executives met with Banyan management and threatened to switch from VINES to NetWare, and halt all cooperative work with Banyan, unless Banyan got out of the hardware business and became essentially a software-only company.
In May of 1990 Compaq executives met with Banyan management. The meeting was not discussed publicly, but shortly afterward Banyan got out of the hardware business and became essentially a software-only company.