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Date: Fri, 30-Jan-87 23:25:47 EST
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In article <653@uw-warp.UUCP> dennis@uw-warp.UUCP (Dennis Gentry) writes:
>In article <1600@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter) writes:
>...
>> P.S. If you are so hung up about finding someone to be angry with why
>> don't you yell at addison wesley. They're charging $600 a copy for the
>> mac version of TeX, a public domain program. No site lisencing either.
>>  Smooth guys real smooth. To be fair, it isn't really AW's fault they're
>> only distributing it, it the programs authors who put on the limitations. 
>
>I don't think TeX is public domain.  And I don't think there are
>multiple authors, at least not for the single program "TeX," which was
>written by Donald E. Knuth.  Even TeX were public domain, the part of
>TeX that Addison-Wesley is charging for is NOT the public domain part.
    What I really mean is that TeX is not a program they have to pay a license
fee, _and_ port. Additionally when I say authors I mean the authors of TeXtures
which is a combonation TeX Preview, and TeX formatter.
>
>In any case, you are free to not pay AW $600, and do your own port
>to the Mac.  I will even send you a copy of TEX.WEB and other TEX
>sources if you will cover my costs of doing so (say, $30 for a 9-track
>tape).  TeX is not an easy program to cram onto a micro.  By the way,
>I believe AW does offer site licensing for the PC, since the University
>of Washington has a PC TeX site license.
  I'm not the person paying $600 Caltech is. We have $5000 to spend on software
but the administration had a policy of providing TeX on all of its computers.
This means the high cost of TeX is pushing out other software. Arrgh. AW does
have site licensing for MicroTeX on the PC but not for the Mac version. ARRGH.
   Now you understand my point of view. (By the way no thanks on the port, I
have to do at caltech just as far as classes go.)


Pierce Wetter.

have enought

	VIRGO (Aug 23 - Sept 22)
You are the logical type and hate disorder.  This nitpicking is
sickening to your friends.  You are cold and unemotional and sometimes
fall asleep while making love.  Virgos make good bus drivers.

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