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From: alan@mtxinu.COM (Alan Tobey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
Subject: Re: Mach Sources
Keywords: Supported Distribution
Message-ID: <1055@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: 18 Nov 89 18:19:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: mtxinu.1055
Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley
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In addition to the research-in-progress distribution of Mach 2.5
you can get from CMU, starting in January you'll be able to get 
a supported Mach 2.5 distribution from Mt Xinu.

Mt Xinu has been working closely with CMU to increase robustness,
finish rolling in NFS, complete the 4.3BSD/Tahoe compatibility,
etc.  We'll also be including other software: (AFS -- formerly
called "Andrew File System" -- ISIS, GNU utilities and the like).

The first distribution will be for Sun 3, VAX (except MIPS-based) and
IBM RT PC.  We expect to add other hardware platforms later in 1990.

A second release is scheduled for December, 1990.

We've also simplified the licensing.  The only precondition should be
an educational or commercial AT&T source license.  You should NOT need 
a Berkeley, Sun (NFS) or Transarc (AFS) source license -- all needed for a 
complete distribution from CMU.

Pricing is not decided, but we will be charging a fee similar to that for
a Berkeley distribution, plus some modest added royalties for NFS and AFS.
Included in the fee will be a minimal level of support.  We will also
offer a more comprehensive support contract to entities that want to
stay up-to-date and to have responsive help with bugs and problems.

We expect the distribution will be exportable anywhere UNIX is, though
perhaps with a short delay if our pending applications don't complete
in time for the January release.

If you'd like to be kept informed on this release, and to receive a
full information package shortly, send your name and address to

	mtxinu-mach@mtxinu.com  or {uunet,ucbvax,sun}!mtxinu!mtxinu-mach

If you have questions about the content of the distribution or the
licensing requirements, call our distribution coordinator, Noele Krenkel,
at (415) 644-0146.