Interactive and me - An open letter to ISC.
Richard Foulk
richard at pegasus.com
Tue Jul 17 10:33:23 AEST 1990
>>>Wait a minute! The AT&T license fee has been paid, we gotta send in original
>>>boot/install diskettes, Everex could legally upgrade us just like SCO and ISC
>>>did when Microport hit the wall. I'm interested, is Everex interested?
>
>Charles Hedrick wrote me and reminded me that ownership of a license isn't
>entitlement to an upgrade. If the vendor chooses to ugrade you, AT&T gets the
>same royalty as if you were a brand new customer. OK, so much for that
>theory and thanks to Charles for pointing this out.
>
I don't know what AT&T's current policy on upgrades is but if you are
simply going from one vendor to another with the same AT&T version of
Unix then I would think there is a definite possibility that the first
license would be sufficient. I think that's what happened with the
Microport business.
And, although I don't think it applys here anyway, I'm not so sure about
AT&T demanding the same royalty for an upgrade as for a new purchase.
--
Richard Foulk richard at pegasus.com
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