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From: alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 **really** wants to be a rainbow.
Summary: Meet AT&T licensing.
Keywords: login
Message-ID: <474@shodha.dec.com>
Date: 9 Nov 89 17:28:43 GMT
References: <4903@yunexus.UUCP>
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO.
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In article <4903@yunexus.UUCP>, davecb@yunexus.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) writes:
> 
> [ A customer has discovered that the 2-user limit is real... ]
> 
>   Is this a limitation which DEC feels is advisable, to limit sales?

	I can't speak for DIGITAL.  For an official answer contact
	your local sales office.  I suspect that if we had a choice
	in the matter, there wouldn't be a limit.

> Is it a new contractual requirment of BSD (:-))?

	No, it's an old contractual requirement with AT&T.  The
	base system is a 2-user system.  Upgrades are avialable
	for 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 64+ users.  The expense varies
	according to the number of users and covers the royalties
	that we pay back to AT&T.

>   Or is it just a misconception of DEC's that the 3100 is a fast rainbow,
> and should be restricted as cruelly as that sterling, successfull machine.

	For a lot of customers the 2-user limit is sufficient.  If
	you need more that option is available.
> 
>   To quote a previous commentator, "mickey mouse crap and marketing tactics
> that stink."

	Nop, merely holding up our end of a legal contract.
> 
> --dave
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