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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!world!ksr!jfw From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!! Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD Message-ID: <14101@ksr.com> Date: 24 Jul 92 12:49:56 EDT References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <3674@vidiot.UUCP> <1992Jul22.163407.10823@Warren.MENTORG.COM> Sender: news@ksr.com Lines: 19 tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) writes: >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" AT&T probably spends more money on coffee for employees than BSDI will ever handle. Assuming they aren't squished like a bug by AT&T's legal staff. >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. That's because any UNIX[R] you buy is money in AT&T's pocket; they collect at least the license fee if not all the cash you lay out. Maybe AT&T would rather see a cheap hobbyist buy Coherent rather than Windows, but I somehow doubt it.