Korn shell availability?
Norman Kohn
nvk at ddsw1.MCS.COM
Tue Mar 27 03:26:21 AEST 1990
In article <1114 at chinacat.Unicom.COM> chip at chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) writes:
><15030012 at hpfinote.HP.COM> jackb at hpfinote.HP.COM (Jack Benzel) writes:
>>Where can I get ksh [for XENIX] and what could I expect to pay for it?
>
>Aspen Technologies has one. I got it. It mostly works. I'm so pissed
>off with these people that I will never purchase another product from them,
>nor recommend it for my clients. Too bad, because ksh would be nice to
>have under XENIX.
>
>I picked up a copy from somebody who was getting out of XENIX. I called
>up Aspen to notify them of the change of address and ask about their
>upgrade policy. Instead, I got a reading of the riot act which covered
>everything from the importance of shrinkwrap licenses to the scourge of
>software piracy in the Far East. Apparently they seem to feel that their
>software is a ball and chain, and once you buy it, you are stuck with
>it. If the day comes where you can't use it, too bad, all you can do is
>throw it in your closet and let it gather dust.
>
>I'm tempted to get one direct from the AT&T Toolchest and get that going.
>But in the mean time, I guess I'm stuck with a copy which kind of works,
>so long as you don't push it so it stack faults.
>
>Maybe I can sell you my copy :-)
>
>--
>Chip Rosenthal | Yes, you're a happy man and you're
>chip at chinacat.Unicom.COM | a lucky man, but are you a smart
>Unicom Systems Development, 512-482-8260 | man? -David Bromberg
ksh was part of the last microport 386 unix, and was available through
their bbs to registered users. I don't know the copy right status of
the bbs version; some of the uport bbs software is still available
through the bbs and may be archived on other systems. Microport
answers their phone (at least, <someone> answers it...); perhaps they're
able to sell it more reasonably.. at least, with more reasonable conditions..
than Aspen.
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