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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.corp.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sprint!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!europa.clark.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!uniserve!news.mindlink.net!nntp.portal.ca!news.ironhorse.com!news4.ixa.net!ixa.net!nwnews.wa.com!brokaw.wa.com!not-for-mail From: tzs@halcyon.com (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 13 Apr 1997 15:44:31 -0700 Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <5irnkf$9cr$1@halcyon.com> References: <5hcbac$r22@news.gvsu.edu> <slrn5k5u4d.ics.jason@verdi.jlc.net> <5ipsl6$i1v$1@halcyon.com> <slrn5l1umv.2g1.c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: coho.halcyon.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:20147 comp.os.linux.misc:169587 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39020 Andrew Costa <seagull@osiris.isys.ca> wrote: >>>Please tell me where I can obtain the source code to Windows95/NT so >>>I may make a change to the way it functions in the same way I can >>>change the functionality of the FreeBSD kernel (or Linux, for that >>>matter). >> >>You get the source to Windows NT from Microsoft. I'm surprised you >>couldn't figure that out yourself. I don't know how much it costs, >>but it's probably a lot. > >Bloody fortune, I'd imagine, or alot of people would have it. >And I'm sure the licencing terms will be an utter straightjacket. Several universities have it, and so do some companies. From what I've heard, the cost and terms are similar to what a commercial Unix source used to go for if you are a company, and are somewhat cheaper if you are a university. --Tim Smith