tek@ms.uky.edu (Thomas E. Kunselman) (08/23/90)
I saw a posting on one of the local bulletin boards at University of
Kentucky saying that AT&T SYSVR4 executeables were available to students
for $100 which was basically the cost of copying and media. There wasn't
much more information in this posting, but I think it has to do with having
a site license for AT&T unix at the school?
Do any other schools have similar offers? I haven't checked to see what
exactly this offer is, but can post more if there are any interested people
out there after I look into it.
Also I have heard that MACH will be available for the 386, and if you have
a source license for AT&T SYSV then you can already obtain a copy of MACH
from CMU. I can't remember who told this to me as I wasn't interested in
it at the time. I will try to find out who told me this, and in the meantime
if anyone knows about this, could you please post?
Thanks,
tek
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Greenville, NC 27858 (Educate, Don't Legislate!)sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) (09/02/90)
tek@ms.uky.edu (Thomas E. Kunselman) writes: |I saw a posting on one of the local bulletin boards at University of |Kentucky saying that AT&T SYSVR4 executeables were available to students |for $100 which was basically the cost of copying and media. Math Sciences bought an Educational Source License for $5K. This lets them put source on a number of CPUs (10 I think) and license more. It lets them give away binary sets for a licensing fee of ~$100 each. If one includes TCP/IP, X-windows (and something else, can't remember), it adds up to ~$200. This deal includes anyone falling under the terms of the agreement, which includes binaries for university machines, and for students (for educational purposes only). One of the caveats is that Math Sciences got source only, with only the bare bones binaries needed to compile the full set. This makes things a lot messier, for now ms must compile and organize a binary distribution. You can imagine how the admin feels about that :). Sean -- *** Sean Casey sean@ms.uky.edu, sean@ukma.bitnet, ukma!sean *** rec.pyrotechnics: "Blow up or shut up."
sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) (09/03/90)
I'm afraid there may have been some misunderstanding. MS at uky is not making an offer to sell SVR4. I'm simply explaining how the licensing works. To put it on the many machines they have, ms is going to have to buy binary licenses. They may make it available to students at the University. In any case, they're not interested in supporting it. They don't like the fact they they have to generate the binary dist themselves. They'll do what they can to keep it running in-shop. Note - this is what I have gleaned by talking to the employees there. It is not an official policy statement of the university. I have posted this in an attempt to clear up any wrong impressions I may have caused. -- *** Sean Casey sean@ms.uky.edu, sean@ukma.bitnet, ukma!sean *** rec.pyrotechnics: "Blow up or shut up."