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From: fnddr@acad3.fai.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: CD-ROMs: When?
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Date: 12 Apr 90 20:33:19 GMT
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The folks from DEC who have been contributing to the ongoing dis"cuss"ion on
license management imply that a CD-ROM Ultrix distribution is on the way.
How far away?
We are preparing purchase orders and I'm wondering if a CD-ROM should be added.
I've looked through DECdirect and I see no sign of Ultrix/RISC software that
currently uses CD-ROM, so I don't see much point in getting a drive that
would just sit around collecting dust for months.
Perhaps someone more familiar with Ultrix could comment on the pros and cons
of getting a CD-ROM drive right now.
Perhaps someone at DEC could guesstimate when we might see Ultrix on CD?
Summer?  Fall?  Next year?
Thanks,
Don Rice                                  Internet: fnddr@acad3.fai.alaska.edu
Geophysical Institute                     E-mail:   fnddr@alaska.bitnet
University of Alaska                      Phone:    (907) 474-7569
Fairbanks, AK 99775                       Loran:    64.86N 212.16E