[net.general] Everything you've ever {wanted|wondered|...} about

swatt (11/03/82)

I am continually struck by the number of queries and responses in
net.general of the form:

	"How do I go about getting ... from ...?"

or

	"Are there any commercially available ...?"

This strikes me as both an inefficient way to do a lot of this, and
a burden on all of us who have to read it, so:


  o	If you want to get software from AT&T, write (U.S. Mail ONLY;
	no network mail; no phone calls) to:

		AT&T
		Patent Licensing
		PO Box 25000
		Greensboro, NC. 27420

  o	If you want to get Bell CSTR's (Computing Science Technical
	Reports), write:

		Bell Telephone Laboratories
		600 Mountain Ave
		Murray Hill, NJ 07974
	  Attn: Clare Metzger
	
  o	If you want to get 4.?BSD (VAX) software from Berkeley,
	write:

		University of California at Berkeley
		Computer Systems Research Group
		College of EE & CS
		Berkeley, Ca.  94720
	  Attn: distribution coordinator

  o	If you want to know what is commercially available, FIRST
	consult the latest /usr/group UNIX(tm) Catalog.  If you
	don't have one of these, write to:

		/usr/group
		PO Box 8570
		Stanford, CA. 94305-0221

	(Three cheers to /usr/group for putting this out!).

  o	If you are a vendor and want to tell everybody about your
	nifty widgets for UNIX, get the above catalog, fill out a
	catalog revision form, and send it back in to be included
	in the next catalog.

  o	SAVE THIS NOTE!!!!.  The last thing I want to see is stuff
	coming over net.general of the form:

		"I saw info on how to get stuff, but I can't
		find it ..."

  o	Additions and corrections welcome.

		- Alan S. Watt
		[decvax!]ittvax!swatt