Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!lamson From: lamson@sierra.crd.ge.com (scott h lamson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Sun != Open Archtecture Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 15:47:31 GMT References: <36911@cup.portal.com> <5089@trantor.harris-atd.com> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development Lines: 18 In-reply-to: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com's message of 14 Dec 90 13:24:04 GMT >From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) > Also, can you cite the licensing agreement >which restricts Sun products to Sun hardware? Perhaps there is a market for Last I heard, Sun had exclusive marketing rights to Lucid Lisp for SPARC architectures, but refused to sell it to Solbourne customers. They seem to want it both ways here. Lisp is a third party software product. Also Sun refused to sell SunPhigs, a Sun product, to Solbourne customers. The license agreement is VERY specific to SUN hardware, not SPARC hardware. -- Scott| ARPA: lamson@crd.ge.com Lamson| UUCP: uunet!crd.ge.com!lamson (518)387-5795| UUCP: uunet!sierra.crd.ge.com!lamson General Electric Corporate Research and Development