Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ibmchs!auschs!awdprime!woan.austin.ibm.com!ron From: ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: GNU emacs RS6000 Message-ID: <3205@awdprime.UUCP> Date: 20 Aug 90 15:05:49 GMT References: <120@lsw.UUCP> Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Reply-To: @cs.utexas.edu:ibmchs!auschs!woan.austin.ibm.com!ron Organization: IBM-Austin, AWD Lines: 23 In article , nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: In article <120@lsw.UUCP> ejp@lsw.UUCP (Eric Porter) writes: Eric> I have just recently received an IBM RS6000 and am feeling a Eric> bit lost without emacs. russ> Please tell this to IBM. They were, at one time, distributing GNU Emacs russ> with the RS6000, but ceased to do so for some trifling legal reason. russ> As we all know, legal reasons can be affected by economic reasons. russ> Threaten not to buy any more unless they come with GNU Emacs. I'd hardly call being threatened with a law suit a trifling reason. IBM is always a little skittish when litigation is threatened just like any other big comanies. Anyway, how many other manufacturers distribute GNU EMACS? Afterall, the patches for AIX 3.1 have already been made available for anonymous ftp (just read comp.unix.aix for details). Ron +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan @cs.utexas.edu:ibmchs!auschs!woan.austin.ibm.com!ron + + alternatives woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan@soda.berkeley.edu +