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From: wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu (Thomas Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari 030 box (giggle)
Message-ID: <1661@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 88 15:14:51 GMT
References: <679UD140469@NDSUVM1> <22782@bbn.COM> <943@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> <945@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> <1032@atari.UUCP>
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In article <1032@atari.UUCP> good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good) writes:
>In article <945@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>, singer@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Matthew R. Singer) writes:
>> 
>> I hope Atari releases [UNIX] sources, because its the only way anything will
>> ever get fixed.
>
>Before this goes much further, please remember that with UNIX any person or
>entity wishing access to source code derived from the original AT&T source
>distribution must first execute a Source Code License agreement with AT&T.
>This runs into the tens of thousands of dollars, and is thus unlikely in
>the home market (but more than probable for major OEMs/private labels).
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I believe the original message was a sarcastic one.  At least to me, it was
just meant to emphasize Atari's apparent inability to maintain even a small
single-user operating system named TOS -- for which we're STILL waiting for
fixes; some errors have been around for nearly 2 years for crying out loud --
MUCH LESS a sophisticated OS such as Unix.

To Atari folks:  Are there ANY plans to get the "corrected" TOS to the general
public before Summer is over?  Or should I ask Are there ANY plans to correct
the TOS bugs? (Heavy sarcasm here)

Once again, the negative aspects of this message (are there positive ones?) are
not directed towards Allen Pratt or Roy Good (two of the remaining "good" guys
at Atari -- at least they'll talk to us) but rather at Atari Corp.

Well, enough said.  I'm still a great ST fan (notice, I left out the word
"Atari" before the ST) and thoroughly enjoy developing s/w for it.


 


Tom Wolf
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          or  wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu