Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!webber From: webber@aramis.rutgers.edu (Bob Webber) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT and sources (really "Do we need OS source?") Message-ID: Date: 8 Jan 89 02:59:37 GMT References: <8812220917.AA10582@decwrl.dec.com> <29954@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <6193@hoptoad.uucp> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 13 In article <6193@hoptoad.uucp>, gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: > I think it's great that NeXT will not provide source (except to IBM, > and except for source to GNU stuff like gcc and gdb, which presumably > goes to everybody). > > After all, I have a lot of Sun stock... Sun? Aren't they the company that doesn't provide online copies of their manuals for things like SunView? While I will grant that sources are more useful than documentation, it does seem that we have a duel here with both players firmly aiming at their own feet. ------ BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)