koji@isi.edu (Koji Okazaki) (06/06/91)
Greetings fellow geeklings...
A client of mine has a basic AT&T SysV/386 3.2 system running
on their AT386 box. Now, I'm in the need of getting the development
system (i.e., compilers, C library, make, debuggers) added to the
basic Unix system so I can do some coding. (Awk and csh ain't enough for
what I need to do.)
The problem is that the former consultant left no records of where he
bought the Unix s/w. AT&T has been of little help to me. I asked for
local resellers and they gave me a wrong number and another reseller that
doesn't even know what Unix is ("We need the PART number to help you out").
Well, I don't know what the bloody heck the part number is.
If any of you can point me to some (reliable) AT&T Unix resellers (not
necessarily local to L.A.), I'd appreciate it very much.
Danke,
/Kojiprice@helios.unl.edu (Chad Price) (06/10/91)
koji@isi.edu (Koji Okazaki) writes: >Greetings fellow geeklings... >A client of mine has a basic AT&T SysV/386 3.2 system running >on their AT386 box. Now, I'm in the need of getting the development >system (i.e., compilers, C library, make, debuggers) added to the >basic Unix system so I can do some coding. (Awk and csh ain't enough for >what I need to do.) >The problem is that the former consultant left no records of where he >bought the Unix s/w. AT&T has been of little help to me. I asked for >local resellers and they gave me a wrong number and another reseller that >doesn't even know what Unix is ("We need the PART number to help you out"). >Well, I don't know what the bloody heck the part number is. >If any of you can point me to some (reliable) AT&T Unix resellers (not >necessarily local to L.A.), I'd appreciate it very much. Why use the AT&T compiler when the gnu C compiler is available. CHeck the copy write though - some comercial uses may not be allowed by the gnu copywrite (like you cannot sell the results). We have used gcc and gnu-emacs quite sucessfully on an AT&T 6386 tower with Sys V, 3.2 rel 2.1 at the Soil Conservation Service for 9 months now. We are not going to be selling anything of what we write and souce is also available to users who want it, so we do not think we are vilating their copywrite. chad price price@fergvax.unl.edu
sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) (06/10/91)
In article <price.676526763@helios> price@helios.unl.edu (Chad Price) writes: >Why use the AT&T compiler when the gnu C compiler is available. Because it doesn't come with a library or header files, and the GNU C library that is out there is incomplete so far (almost every vendor has more than just "standard" routines in their libraries). >CHeck >the copy write though - some comercial uses may not be allowed by the >gnu copywrite (like you cannot sell the results). 1. It's 'copyright.' As in 'right to copy.' 2. You're referring to the 'copyleft,' which is actually a license. 3. You can sell any GNU product -- provided you provide sources (or any one of a few other options). Since the buyer can then do anything he, she, or it wants with the sources, most people doing so tend to do so for "reasonable" prices. Read the copyleft (file COPYING provided with any GNU program) and/or gnu.misc.discuss. -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.