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From: ron@afsg.Apple.COM (Ron Flax)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: No fun at all with Dick & Jane (A/UX 1.1 is hardly perfect...)
Message-ID: <286@afsg.Apple.COM>
Date: 1 Aug 89 04:01:49 GMT
References: <4144@utastro.UUCP> <18831@mimsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: ron@afsg.apple.com (Ron Flax)
Organization: Apple Federal Systems Group
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In article <18831@mimsy.UUCP> steveg@tove.umd.edu.UUCP (Steve Green) writes:
>If AUX is an experiment or learning experiance for future OS's, then GIVE THE
>DARN THING AWAY.  AUX should be free!  Charge for the docs, support but the
>software should be free along with updates.
>Also, a CD with sources and other garbage (man pages,..) would be great.

A/UX is definitly NOT an experiment!  It is a product.  Unfortunatly we
must pay AT&T a royalty for each copy we sell, so we cannot simply give
it away...  Besides I really don't think the price is that offensive.
After all, look at the price of SCO XENIX after you've put all the
pieces back together to makeup a real UNIX.  And the same goes for
other "micro" versions of UNIX look at MicroPort (are they still
around?)  and Interactive.

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Ron Flax
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Apple Federal Systems Group, Complex Systems

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