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- From: mmorg@ruf.rice.edu (Matt Morgan)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.225144.10832@rice.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 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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- "There is nothing right or wholesome anywhere in today's politics."
- - Plato (The Republic)
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