AT&T Joining OSF

[Stephen M. Gerard]

In article <378 at ksr.UUCP> richt at ksr.UUCP (Rich Title) writes:
>The VMS microfiche (which is actually compiler listings)
>is intended mainly for people who want to read the code to gain
>a better understanding of VMS internals. It's not in a suitable
>format for hacking on. The machine readable source
>(which costs money) is intended mainly for people who
>want to tailor VMS for a particular application. It doesn't
>give them the right to re-distribute it.

I think that this is a good idea.  It would be great to be able
to gain a better understanding of UNIX, or fixing an annoying
bug or two by having access to source code for a reasonable
sum of money.  Of course, since AT&T has taken away the *roff
code for the manual pages, it seems unlikely that they would
make the source code available to individuals or small businesses
for a reasonable sum.

Just thought I'd get my .02 in....

-Steve