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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news.apfel.de!serra.unipi.it!news.caspur.it!news.flashnet.it!usenet From: rm005820@ita.flashnet.it (jls) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community" Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:27:28 GMT Organization: Very Little Lines: 19 Message-ID: <5gmj9f$bvp@news.flashnet.it> References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <331E7AFE.54DC@earthlink.net> <5g5bb9$ft$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> <5g6rr5$jgo@REX.RE.uokhsc.edu> <5g76gb$6c6@flea.best.net> <3327B967.1D68@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-004.ita.flashnet.it X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.sco.misc:36895 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37379 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6389 comp.sys.sgi.misc:29281 fastbit@earthlink.net wrote: >Regarding the OS: the 6.2 IRIX is much, much better than 5.3 in terms of >stability and performance especially when you use XFS file systems. No, >you can't get the source code for it. SGI is a for-profit company, not >a university or research organization that gives away free source code. >Can you name any for-profit company that does ? Yes. Every for-profit company will sell you whatever you want to pay for. Source code is not an exception. You can buy some products (which range from TCP/IP stacks to whole operating systems) for a certain amount, and get also the sources by paying X times that amount (obviously X is greater than 1). Bye, Luis