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From: ittai@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU (Ittai Hershman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news,comp.windows.x,alt.sys.sun
Subject: Re: The real OpenWindows source announcement
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Date: 16 Nov 90 20:16:09 GMT
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    application development environment will now be available free of
    charge (cost of media only -- $995).  

When OpenWindows 1.0 (binary FCS) was released it also just had a
media charge, but it was only $295.

The irony here is that this $995 media cost is just $5 less than a
Motif source ***license***.  To be fair, there are no royalties owed
to Sun for any derivative binaries, whereas Motif binaries are subject
to a royalty payment.  Source-licensed universities can distribute
Motif binaries in-house for free, all others pay based on a sliding
quantity scale (from $40 quantity one, down to $10 for the quantities
a hardware vendor ships).

No flames please.  I'm just pointing out that Sun('s pot) can't really
call the OSF kettle black.

-Ittai

PS: This analysis doesn't apply to those of you who want NeWS,
    however.