Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:54484 gnu.misc.discuss:904 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: CommonTex Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 90 22:00:35 GMT References: <02918.AA02918@sosaria.imp.com> Sender: news@math.lsa.umich.edu Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 52 In-reply-to: wizard@sosaria.imp.com's message of 12 Apr 90 11:26:15 GMT In article <02918.AA02918@sosaria.imp.com> wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand) writes: I have installed CommonTex on my machine. Here's a quick overview what's available and how much it costs: The system is split into modules, you only have to buy the modules you want: [most things 20.- -- 70.- DM each, including INITEX, LaTEX, source codes, Metafont, GnuTEX (adapted version of GnuPlot), BibTEX etc.] The system was compiled on a Sun using GNU CC, thus it's much faster than Aztec-compiled versions (or so the author says, don't flame me for this :-). It comes with installation scripts, documentation (not much) and demo .tex files. Of course it's public domain, you can copy it but you're not ^^^ allowed to make it available via bbs or ftp or sell it as public ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ domain. You're right, for public domain the prices are high enough, but since the system is really good (I didn't have any guru yet and it's FAST) I think it's all right. If you have any problems you can even call the author himself, he offers this service. You can get CommonTEX at the following address: Wolf Computertechnik Deipe Stegge 187 4420 Coesfeld West Germany Tel. 02541/2874 The author is: Frank W|bbeling Stadtlohnweg 33/E30 4400 M|nster West Germany Tel. 0251/866261 Uh, if it's really public domain you can do anything you want with it, and some of these codes may be copylefted. Not to slight W|bbeling's work, but this smacks suspiciously of software hoarding.... Best to refer to the original details of the message to see how this looks. --Ed Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept. emv@math.lsa.umich.edu