Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 01:40:30 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu> Cc: Javier Henderson <javier@KJSL.COM>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tru64 Unix for $99 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911050137520.330-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19991104101153.0136de00@mail.vt.edu>
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On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, nm wrote: > Compaq cannot give Tru64 away because Compaq is required to pay > royalties to companies such as AT&T for legacy code. Wether > Tru64 actually has any of this code in it is another matter. > It's probably cheaper for Compaq to pay the royalties instead of > going to court to prove it doesn't use AT&T's code. > > Most of the money in the $99 price goes to pay royalties for > such code. > I think you're wrong, there. I think Digital had the same relationship with AT&T (far predating the Unix selloff) that Sun has, which means *NO* royalties. Sun sells Solaris7 at $10 for a deal that is much like this, but I do see a difference: Compaq (according to the web page) is tossing in a full set of developer tools; Solaris7 comes free and clear of any such helpful things :-(. > It would be a monetary loss for Compaq to give Tru64 away because > for every copy they give away they would have to pay the royalties > out of their own pocket. > > Nick > > At 07:05 AM 11/4/99 -0800, Javier Henderson wrote: > >Jim King writes: > > > See http://www.unix.digital.com/noncommercial-unix/. It looks like > Compaq > > > is selling Tru64 5.0 for $99 to "non-commercial technology > > > enthusiasts". Sounds interesting... > > > > Heck, they're giving VMS away for free to hobbysits, why > >not do the same with Unix? > > > >-jav > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C programming, Electronics, 213 Lakeside Dr. Apt. T-1 | communications, and signal processing. Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD-current(i386) and (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD-current(Alpha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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