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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!jvnc.net!phage!pjm From: pjm@cshl.org (Pat Monardo) Subject: Re: What has AT&T to lose? Plenty! Message-ID: <1992Jul25.162023.14011@cshl.org> Sender: news@cshl.org (NO MAIL) Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory References: <1992Jul23.012046.18604@cshl.org> <1992Jul24.141112.29290@prism.poly.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 16:20:23 GMT Lines: 15 In article <1992Jul24.141112.29290@prism.poly.edu> kapela@prism.poly.edu (Theodore S. Kapela) writes: >move of releasing their *own* SVR4 package, Destiny (AKA System V Relase 4.2), >aimed directly at the same market SCO, ISC, UHC, Dell, et al have been >catering to for many years. Previously, USL (AT&T) only sold source >licenses to others, be they universities or VARs. this has been bothering me and my coworkers alot. just when USL appeared to be gaining trust (as far as i could tell from reading the rags), they announce Destiny and prepare to compete with the same people they were trying to court as buyers of their UNIX> how do other people feel about this? -- -- Pat Monardo -- pjm@cshl.org