aps@decvax.UUCP (06/22/83)
Sorry that this is here. I am not advertising (I think) but want to clear up some incorrect information. Regarding Will Westfield's trip report excerpts via Mike Muuss: The decision as to whether DEC will distribute/support 4.1 or 4.2 has not been made at this time. We are 80 percent sure that it will be 4.2. Factors are 4.2's overall quality, reliablity, and our gut feelings about it. (We are having good experiences with 4.1c, except sendmail, of course.) If we go with 4.2, we will also ship the TCP/IP and everything else that comes with the 4.2 distribution, including drivers for non-DEC devices! The sources will not come with the standard DEC product. As with other DEC software products, one will have to buy it and pay through the nose. Whether or not we will require the customer to have a source license already is not yet determined and is driven by ATT restrictions. I feel that 99 percent of all changes and modifications will find their way back into the Berkeley Software Distribution. DEC will not support UNII not supplied by DEC (or those DEC UNII that are hacked up by customers, as with any other DEC software product). The person who gave the talk that said that DEC would support non-DEC UNII on a "best effort" basis was refering to hardware support. That person is a member of the Field Service group at DEC. For other information regarding DEC's UNIX offerings, call Bernie Toth at (603) 884-3364. aps.