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From: heathman@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Michael Heathman)
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Subject: Re: Top Dog - a sample IRIS Showcase document
Keywords: showcase
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Date: 20 Mar 91 13:56:04 GMT
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In article <1991Mar20.114122.3916@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> andreess@mrlaxs.mrl.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen) writes:
>In article <1991Mar20.100818.7843@itnsg1.cineca.it> root@itnsg1.cineca.it (Valter Cavecchia) writes:
>>drw900@anusf.anu.edu.au ("Drew R Whitehouse") writes:
>>>	If it's being bundled with new machines, and sold for the
>>>price of the transfer media, why not make it available for ftp on
>>>sgi.com along with other unsupported bit's and pieces ? 
>>>							Drew.
>>I agree with this statement. 
>>	valter
>
>Because Internet cannot be used for commercial purposes.  This
>rule is bent regularly, but commercial software distribution would
>probably be going a little too far.

	If it is being distributed for free, is this commercial software
distribution?  I don't think so.  Do it!!

>--
>Marc Andreessen___________University of Illinois Materials Research Laboratory
>Internet: andreessen@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu____________Bitnet: andreessen@uiucmrl


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