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- From: pjm@cshl.org (Pat Monardo)
- Subject: Re: What has AT&T to lose? Plenty!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.162023.14011@cshl.org>
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- Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- References: <1992Jul23.012046.18604@cshl.org> <1992Jul24.141112.29290@prism.poly.edu>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 16:20:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul24.141112.29290@prism.poly.edu> kapela@prism.poly.edu (Theodore S. Kapela) writes:
- >move of releasing their *own* SVR4 package, Destiny (AKA System V Relase 4.2),
- >aimed directly at the same market SCO, ISC, UHC, Dell, et al have been
- >catering to for many years. Previously, USL (AT&T) only sold source
- >licenses to others, be they universities or VARs.
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- this has been bothering me and my coworkers alot. just when USL
- appeared to be gaining trust (as far as i could tell from reading
- the rags), they announce Destiny and prepare to compete with
- the same people they were trying to court as buyers of their UNIX>
- how do other people feel about this?
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- -- Pat Monardo
- -- pjm@cshl.org
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