Re: Solaris source

Mark H. Wood (mwood@mhw.OIT.IUPUI.EDU)
Fri, 09 May 1997 14:06:10 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > * Leading UNIX technology source code available at no cost -provided-=20
> > > another product is on the same purchase order =20
>
> Umm. I didnt know Linux came free with it

Ho ho ho! Depends on what you mean by "leading". Solaris probably
generates more revenue for Sun than Linux does for anyone here, so that
could be one meaning. Which is why I pretty much ignore any sentenc from
marketers that contains this word.

Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer MWOOD@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU
Those who will not learn from history are doomed to reimplement it.