Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!psuvax1!ehrlich From: ehrlich@psuvax1.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Porting Macsyma to sun3s Message-ID: <3068@psuvax1.psu.edu> Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 16:57:39 EST Article-I.D.: psuvax1.3068 Posted: Mon Nov 9 16:57:39 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Nov-87 07:17:57 EST References: <81900004@sfu_taurus> Reply-To: ehrlich@psuvax1.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Organization: Department of Computer Science, Penn State University Lines: 22 Keywords: LICENSED SOFTWARE In article <81900004@sfu_taurus> stevec@sfu_taurus.cs.sfu writes: >... >The sad part is that somebody (for some reason) is buying the thing. >My boss wants me to try porting the system to run on a sun3 running >a 4.2 equivalent version. > >I am apprehensive about this. I would be apprehensive too as the Symbolics people license and sell a version of MACSYMA for the Sun. Tell your boss that whoever is buying the Sun should fork over the cash and get a licensed copy. Universities get a pretty reasonable discount from Symbolics. >... >Steve Cumming -- Dan Ehrlich The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Computer Science 333 Whitmore Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 +1 814 863 1142 or +1 814 865 9723