VAX UNIX from DEC; clarifications

[aps at decvax.UUCP]

Sorry that this is here.  I am not advertising (I think) but want to
clear up some incorrect information.

Regarding Will Westfield's trip report excerpts via Mike Muuss:

The decision as to whether DEC will distribute/support 4.1 or 4.2 has
not been made at this time.  We are 80 percent sure that it will be 4.2.
Factors are 4.2's overall quality, reliablity, and our gut feelings
about it.  (We are having good experiences with 4.1c, except sendmail, of
course.)  If we go with 4.2, we will also ship the TCP/IP and everything
else that comes with the 4.2 distribution, including drivers for non-DEC
devices!  The sources will not come with the standard DEC product.  As
with other DEC software products, one will have to buy it and pay
through the nose.  Whether or not we will require the customer to have a
source license already is not yet determined and is driven by ATT
restrictions.  I feel that 99 percent of all changes and modifications
will find their way back into the Berkeley Software Distribution.

DEC will not support UNII not supplied by DEC (or those DEC UNII that
are hacked up by customers, as with any other DEC software product).
The person who gave the talk that said that DEC would support non-DEC
UNII on a "best effort" basis was refering to hardware support.  That
person is a member of the Field Service group at DEC.

For other information regarding DEC's UNIX offerings, call
	Bernie Toth at
	(603) 884-3364.

	aps.