purtilo@uiucdcsb.UUCP (09/28/84)
#R:gatech:-1017000:uiucdcsb:67300004:000:642 uiucdcsb!purtilo Sep 28 13:28:00 1984 RE: availability of doe macsyma i recently posted a note concerning a unix (not just vms) version of doe macsyma available through NESC. in pursuing this further, i find that in fact symbolics has entered into more litigation to block any such availability. doe patent lawyers are battling now, and a resolution is promised "soon". but once again, symbolics succeeds in botching up a good thing. here at uiuc, we are going to wait a little longer to see how the litigation resolves --- if possible we want to avoid doing business with symbolics, just on general principles. jim purtilo.uiuc@csnet-relay ...!uiucdcs!purtilo