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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: <1992Jul24.165236.10937@Warren.MENTORG.COM>
Organization: Mentor Graphics, Silicon Design Division
References: <1992Jul22.163407.10823@Warren.MENTORG.COM> <1331@pacsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:52:36 GMT
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In <1331@pacsoft.com> mike@pacsoft.com (Mike Stefanik) writes:
>tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
>: 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.
>Of course. Since USL has it's fingers in (nearly) all of the pies, they
>really don't care who you buy the end product from ... they *are* getting
>a piece of the action with every sale.
Your statement is complete wrong.
The press releases I was talking about MOSTLY mention OSF! Buying OSF
results in USL making 0 $$$.
Tom
P.S. Why is AT&T bashed for this when it's USL that is making the law
suit.
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Tom Limoncelli -- tal@warren.mentorg.com (work) -- tal@plts.uucp (play)
Maybe Bush will follow Perot's lead.