Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!d87-khd From: d87-khd@sm.luth.se (Karl-Gunnar Hultland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: What about Unix? Message-ID: <1030@tau.sm.luth.se> Date: 22 Jul 90 09:31:22 GMT References: <27021@athertn.Atherton.COM> <7612@gollum.twg.com> Reply-To: Karl-Gunnar Hultland Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden Lines: 26 UUCP-Path: {uunet,mcvax}!sunic.se!tau.luth.se!d87-khd In article david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) writes: >>Yes, just like any Unix vendor the only thing they sell is the binaries. > >Not true. We (Amdahl Corp) offer source to our Unix (UTS). However, you must >purchase a Unix System V source license from AT&T. Those cost around $50,000. >Our CPUs cost in the millions of dollars, so $50,000 for the license isn't >that expensive, compared to the cost of the machine. However, I doubt >that many Amiga owners will be willing to fork out the money for >a license! does that mean i wont get any source to any utility that is considered a part of unix when i buy it????? one of the great advantages with unix (on our school) is that i can look at the sourcecodes on i.e. grep, sort etc. and if i own an own unix system i'd like to modify some commands, to suit my own special purpose. karl --- Karl Hultland,(d87-khd@sm.luth.se) University of Lulea,Sweden Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. - A. Bierce