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From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: att & osf
Keywords: att & osf
Message-ID: <5051@bigtex.uucp>
Date: 31 Jul 88 05:58:05 GMT
References: <4964@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <3395@vpk4.UUCP>
Reply-To: james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen)
Organization: F.B.N. Software, Austin TX
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IN article <3395@vpk4.UUCP>, scott@attcan.UUCP (Scott MacQuarrie) wrote:
> When was the last time you saw a major computer vendor give source to any
> of its products to anyone! [...]  Have you ever seen a source license for
> MVS? DOS? VMS? at any price? My, how greedy of us.

It is quite possible to buy source licenses for MS-DOS and OS/2 from
Microsoft.  I don't know the price, but several companies have done so -
IBM, Compaq and PC's Ltd come to mind.
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