Xref: utzoo comp.os.mach:594 comp.sys.next:9063 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bader+ From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) Newsgroups: comp.os.mach,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Yale Pricing Message-ID: Date: 28 Oct 90 03:41:47 GMT References: <1990Oct7.034133.4903@zoo.toronto.edu> <8883@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1990Oct8.032554.23303@ni.umd.edu>, <8019@star.cs.vu.nl> Organization: Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 9 In-Reply-To: <8019@star.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > but I can certainly imagine an American company that wants to compete > in the UNIX-successor marketplace being pretty annoyed that Uncle Sam > is funding their competitor to give them a big price advantage. Annoyed companies can get a mach distribution, buy all the redistribution licences from AT&T, etc., and sell mach themselves... -Miles