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From: jcm@mtunb.ATT.COM (was-John McMillan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 1-2 vs unlimited licenses (Unix for a 386)
Message-ID: <1635@mtunb.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 Aug 89 15:54:27 GMT
References: <1989Aug16.020438.5662@esegue.uucp> <7186@megatest.UUCP> <1792@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <16031@vail.ICO.ISC.COM> <PCG.89Aug23164912@thor.cs.aber.ac.uk>
Reply-To: jcm@mtunb.UUCP (John McMillan)
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In article <PCG.89Aug23164912@thor.cs.aber.ac.uk> pcg@thor.cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
];-)  :
];-)  >The reason for 1-2 and unlimited was that 1-2 was for PC users
];-)  >(e.g. the ill fated 7300, or on a 386 UNIX as a competitor to
];-)  >OS/2) and workstations, and unlimited was for minis and other
];-)  >multiuser systems. AT&T decided to 'segment' their market this
];-)  >way.
];-)  :
 	The "ill fated 7300" allowed "unlimited" users.

john mcmillan	-- att!mtunb!jcm	-- ill fated product support.