System N history correction

Henry Spencer henry at utzoo.UUCP
Sat Dec 22 03:37:12 AEST 1984


> Last *I* heard (a few minutes ago...), you *can* get source ...

Even if you're outside AT&T?  The initial announcement of IWB was most
definitely binary-only; if this has changed since, it hasn't been well
publicised.

> ...  And what's the problem with separate and extra
> cost?  That's the way you sell operating systems; everybody does that.
> It doesn't make sense to sell one monolithic system...

How do you think Unix got so popular?
-- 
	"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry



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