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From: jtc@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (J.T. Conklin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: OpenWindows Source Facts
Keywords: rumors
Message-ID: <488@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 20 Nov 90 07:45:29 GMT
References: <3137@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
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In article <3137@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> naughton@wind.Eng.Sun.COM (Patrick Naughton) writes:
>
>To be eligible for a license you must fit one of these four categories:
>
> o) SPARC archictecture hardware vendor.
> o) SVR4 licensee.
> o) non-unix platform developer (Amiga, MacOS, etc).
> o) NeWS lisceneee prior to Oct, 1987.

>Hope this clears some things up.

It sure does.

Never before have I seen a more deliberately misleading press
announcement.  There is a huge difference between a $1000.00 source
licence avaliable only to qualified licensees, and the product that
was described in your announcement.



	--jtc

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