Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!ncc!uunet!munnari!vuwcomp!dsiramd!pnamd!csvaxa!edward From: edward@csvaxa.UUCP (Edward Wilkinson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Open Software Foundation Keywords: FSF, AT&T, Sun, Hamilton group Message-ID: <310@csvaxa.UUCP> Date: 27 May 88 19:12:51 GMT References: <5412@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <3166@pdn.UUCP> <754@fig.bbn.com> <2554@ttidca.TTI.COM> Reply-To: E.Wilkinson@massey.ac.nz Organization: Computer Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ. Lines: 22 I agree with the sentiment that even a tiny fraction of that $90 M would go a *long* way towards helping FSF. Rms and friends are doing a magnificent job on next to no funds at all. Unfortunately, a recent note in the info-gnu mailing list suggests that OSF have no intention of producing a Public Domain version of Unix. This is crazy. After all the standardisation efforts, we're diverging again. To help the situation, why doesn't someone from AT&T or Sun put out a statement saying that the V.4 or whatever will NOT be Sparc-dependant & will run on all chips. If AT&T can promise this & reverse their restrictive licencing agreements, there will be no NEED for OSF. Let's not stuff things up just as Unix was getting popular. #include -- Ed Wilkinson @ Computer Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ uucp: {uunet,watmath!cantuar}!vuwcomp!csvaxa!edward DTE: 530163000005 Janet/Greybook: E.Wilkinson@nz.ac.massey Phone: +64 63 69099 x8587 CSnet/ACSnet/Internet: E.Wilkinson@massey.ac.nz New Zealand = GMT+12