funk@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (09/16/89)
/* Written 1:39 am Sep 16, 1989 by funk@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu in osiris.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.unix.questions */ /* ---------- "Is nroff part of UNIX package?" ---------- */ On our SYS V Rel 2 UNIX, we had nroff/troff Now, on Release 3, we do not have it. OUr vendor says that it really wasn't part of UNIX, that it was part of Documentor's Workbench, and that we'd gotten a freebie before that they don't have to give now. Is this for Real??? Please mail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Bruce Funk INTERNET: funk@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu | |ACSEH, 21st TAACOM __________________________________________________| |Kaiserslautern, W. Germany | Any resemblance between me and reality | |(guesting on osiris) | is strictly coincidental | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /* End of text from osiris.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.unix.questions */
kg@elan.elan.com (Ken Greer) (09/17/89)
From article <9600003@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu>, by funk@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu: > > /* ---------- "Is nroff part of UNIX package?" ---------- */ > On our SYS V Rel 2 UNIX, we had nroff/troff > Now, on Release 3, we do not have it. OUr vendor says that it really > wasn't part of UNIX, that it was part of Documentor's Workbench, and that > we'd gotten a freebie before that they don't have to give now. > Is this for Real??? Yes. Nroff, Troff, and their related processors TBL, etc. were "unbundled" from UNIX with System V release 1. It's an extra cost item now... However, even the DWB kit from AT&T doesn't support modern laser printers. Laser support is offered primarily by third party vendors, whom we are one. Ken Greer Elan Computer Group, Inc. 888 Villa St. 3rd Floor Mt View CA 94041 Phone: 415-964-2200 Internet: kg@elan.com UUCP: {ames,hplabs,uunet}!elan!kg
hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) (09/18/89)
The ATT licensing people we dealt with said the Documentors' Workbench was bundled with System V release 2, but unbundled with System V release 3. I think that's why you got it with rel 2 but not rel 3. You might check your licensing carefully. Often, rel 3 licenses include provisions that let you run software from all previous releases. So if you still have a copy of DWB from rel 2 you may be able to use it on all your rel 3 systems.