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From: gerard@tscs.UUCP (Stephen M. Gerard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Re: AT&T Joining OSF
Message-ID: <206@tscs.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 88 07:45:12 GMT
References: <10474@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <5960008@hpcupt1.HP.COM> <5796@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <377@ksr.UUCP> <5838@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <378@ksr.UUCP>
Reply-To: gerard@tscs.UUCP (Stephen M. Gerard)
Organization: Total Support Computer Systems, Tampa, Florida
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In article <378@ksr.UUCP> richt@ksr.UUCP (Rich Title) writes:
>The VMS microfiche (which is actually compiler listings)
>is intended mainly for people who want to read the code to gain
>a better understanding of VMS internals. It's not in a suitable
>format for hacking on. The machine readable source
>(which costs money) is intended mainly for people who
>want to tailor VMS for a particular application. It doesn't
>give them the right to re-distribute it.

I think that this is a good idea.  It would be great to be able
to gain a better understanding of UNIX, or fixing an annoying
bug or two by having access to source code for a reasonable
sum of money.  Of course, since AT&T has taken away the *roff
code for the manual pages, it seems unlikely that they would
make the source code available to individuals or small businesses
for a reasonable sum.

Just thought I'd get my .02 in....

-Steve