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From: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli)
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
Message-ID: <1992Jul22.163407.10823@Warren.MENTORG.COM>
Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD
Organization: Mentor Graphics, Silicon Design Division
References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <3674@vidiot.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:34:07 GMT
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In <3674@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>All in all, this filing by a corporate giant with virtually unlimited funds
>for legal expenses would seem to spell the doom of 'free' UNIX projects as
>they are presently conceived. There is simply too much risk someone with a
>prior exposure to AT&T source codes could manage to contaminate the product.
Maybe I've been reading a New York Times from an alternate universe,
but I thought AT&T is a bit tight on money these days and doesn't have
"virtually unlimited funds for legal expenses"... or do you just mean
"more funds than BSDI"
USL has been publishing press releases saying that Windows NT is the
real enemy, and they don't care who's Unix you buy, just as long as you
buy something that looks like Unix... because they'd rather see people
switch to Unix than Windows NT.
In article <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes:
>Sigh is right. It is virtually impossible to not have had access to a Unix
>system in one's career of computer science. If that is allowed to stand,
>AT&T will win every time. Yuch.
Gee, I went to a tiny liberal arts school that doesn't get all those
favors and perks from Corporate America. I never have seen a source
license. I guess that just bumped up the value of my degree? HHOS.
Tom
HHOS -- "Ha, ha, only serious".
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Maybe Bush will follow Perot's lead.