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- 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>
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- 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.
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