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From: mlandau@bbn.com (Matt Landau)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: Athena vs. Open Look vs. DEC Windows vs. Motif vs. PM ???
Message-ID: <12848@jade.BBN.COM>
Date: 17 May 89 17:03:06 GMT
References: <24454@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <1516@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> <886@osf.OSF.ORG>
Reply-To: mlandau@bbn.com (Matt Landau)
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In comp.windows.x (<886@osf.OSF.ORG>), dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks) writes:
>We will make Motif generally available in July.  Then we will continue
>to offer source licenses for $1000 (the purpose being for vendors to
>port it to their equipment), binary licenses (for ISVs) and runtime
>licenses (for finished products) on a sliding scale, and university
>site licenses also for $1000.

Good heavens!  OSF, the Saviour of Software, Defender of the Weak from 
the Evil Giants at Sun and AT&T, who actually want to *charge money* 
for their window system, deciding to *license* Motif, for *cash*?  
With *runtime licenses* yet!  Next they'll be moving their headquarters
to Mountain View! :-) :-)
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