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From: pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Online Manual needed (was Re: ISC vs SCO UNIX review)
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Date: 9 Nov 89 23:04:03 GMT
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dpi@loft386.UUCP (Doug Ingraham) writes:

>I know I have seen the online question before.  If I remember correctly
>the answer as to why they (insert Unix Vendor here) don't include man pages
>is that AT&T treats them as source and wants an outrageous amount for
>them.  Something like $10000.  Seems crazy to me too.

This amount is for the  unformatted man pages. Surely, any Unix vendor
could include nroff formatted man pages if SCO can.
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