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From: larry@belch.Berkeley.EDU (Larry Foard)
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Subject: Re: Mac Mach ???
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Date: 12 Jul 90 19:58:54 GMT
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What is the legal status of MACH? Is there any reason it is not being made 
available to the general public? It is very frustrating to be stuck using
Sys V on a 386 system when it is quite capable of running one of the
newer operating systems. I don't understand why MACH is only available
commercially for expensive system such as the Next but is not available
for systems that the general public can afford. 


P.S. There is a limited distribution of MACH for the 386 but it requires
 one to track down 3 licensing agreements and have a 386 system on the
 network, thus making it unobtainable for the average computer user.