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Subject: Re: The real OpenWindows source announcement
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Date: 20 Nov 90 11:25:57 GMT
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>>> charge (cost of media only -- $995).
>> What media are you using -- gold-plated clay tablets?
> The same stuff BSD ships their distribution on?

> [...assuming a couple of reasonable things...], you're getting about
> the same set of stuff that BSD ships in their distribution.  And all
> they charge you is "media" charges.  Last time I looked, CSRG wanted
> $700 for a BSD tape set.  Given that CSRG was using student labor to
> copy tapes, they should be noticably cheaper.

Last time I looked, nobody was hyping BSD as free, either.

If you have a V7 or later source license, then as of last time I
looked, you can get your BSD tape from anybody who has one and nobody
will care.  (Berkeley would probably be happier that way because then
they don't have to grind through writing another tape, even.)

The comparison is thus invalid: BSD isn't selling AT&T licenses, and if
you have the relevant license, BSD *is* free.  Sun, on the other hand,
*is* selling you whatever license(s) is(are) involved, and recent
postings give me the impression that Sun is the only place you can buy
such a license.  Not at all comparable.

					der Mouse

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