Risc System/6000 (and gnu emacs)
Dick Dunn
rcd at ico.isc.com
Thu Feb 22 16:59:53 AEST 1990
griefer at adg.almaden.ibm.com (Allan D. Griefer) writes:
> There's a $125 distribution charge for GNU EMACS, but, last time I looked,
> FSF was charging $150 for distribution.
Ummm...yes, but the FSF charge is for the entire release tape, which
contains not only emacs but X 10.4, Scheme, Bison, T, hack, GNU Chess, and
GDB. Main point is that it takes a 9-track tape, which isn't cheap and
costs money to handle and ship.
Still, $125 is a little high but not terrible (is it?) for something
handled by a large company. After all, it's more than just a floppy (esp.
if the source is there, which it better be!)
--
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...Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools.
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