jlr@urban.UUCP (John Lynn Roseman) (09/30/90)
>> [ From AT&T Bell Labs ] >> We are counting on vendors and VARs buying the source license, >> then reselling binary at a reasonable price. > [ From DWB user ] > DWB 3.1 has been available for over 2 months. > Tell me one VAR who has it available (2 months should be ample > time for a product that's easily portable). The distribution fees for DWB 3.1 were substantially increased over those for DWB 2.0. For the record, here are the fees charged by AT&T USL (800-828-UNIX): DWB 2.0 DWB 3.1 ----------------------------------------------- Source License $4,000 $15,000 Sublicensing Fee $3,000 $ 5,000 Minimum Per Copy Fee $ 10 $ 120 (Royalty for binaries) DWB 3.1 does include LaserJet, PostScript and X Window support, but this represents exactly the value that VARs have already added to DWB 2.0. VARs seem to be reluctant to pay $20,000 and an order of magnitude increase in royalties when the most advanced troff software (like the MONK text compiler) remains unreleased.