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From: mmorg@ruf.rice.edu (Matt Morgan)
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:51:44 GMT
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lyndon@ampr.ab.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes:
:
: With the university source release of Plan 9 just around the corner
: the academic research community has an excellent opportunity to make
: their displeasure known by boycotting the software release. As much as
: I like the direction Plan 9 is going in, there is no way I could chance signing
: a license with AT&T for it (and I may be in a position to do so shortly).
I've been following the development of Plan 9 for a while, and had
eagerly anticipated a publicly available release. However, the
position taken by AT&T in their suit against BSDI is ridiculous.
Hopefully, the case will be dismissed, if only due to the vagueness of
AT&T's claims. However, I refuse to deal with a company that engages
in such monopolistic and unfair practices, and I will let AT&T know
via letter the reasons for my cancellation of service.
AT&T, you have lost another customer, not just for long-distance phone
service, but for Plan 9 as well.
- Matt
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-- Matt Morgan, Idahoan number 3 - mmorg@rice.edu - Rice U. - Houston, Texas --
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