Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!vanvleck!uwmcsd1!marque!gryphon!richard From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Xwindow or NeWS on the amiga Keywords: Xwindow NeWS Message-ID: <4450@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: 13 Jun 88 15:40:23 GMT References: <9767@oberon.USC.EDU> Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 20 In article <9767@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: >In article melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ofer Melnik) writes: >|Has anyone thaught of Implementing Xwindow or NeWS on an amiga? >|Would it be possible to do? ( I know almost *nothing* about either, >|so if it's a stupid question, just laugh at me & forget it) > >News was implemented about a year ago by one of the NeWS source licensees. >Since re-licensing NeWS currently REQUIRES a $ 25,000 up-front licensing fee >it will probably never be marketed. Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the $25,000 fee for a SOURCE license ? I was inder the impression that Sun would allow binary redistribution for $100. Any Sun employees here ;-) -- Buy Toshiba submarines richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {decwrl!mejac, rutgers!marque}!gryphon!richard