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- From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum)
- Subject: Re: DEC Ultrix freeware CD (was Re: decwindows cdrom program)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.141638.9037@decuac.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center
- References: <1992Aug26.141822.16179@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> <1992Aug26.175904.18612@decuac.dec.com> <1992Aug27.032845.28679@panix.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:16:38 GMT
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- tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
-
- >a) DEC would not distribute any free software beyond what was already on the
- >unsupported subsets tape, and that was frozen, and had been for some time,
- >b) that this was a Policy, and could not be changed by one so lowly as the
- >sales district manager who'd hired us in the first place,
-
- Well, PLEASE don't tell the folks who are funding us! :) :)
-
- Sorry, but things can change even in Digital. We have funding,
- we have a product manager, we have a schedule, and the whole bit. We're
- operating at a level a few steps above a Sales DM.
-
- mjr.
-