Re: Linux and Free BSD CDs at Sheffield University ( was :X Servers for win32 & telnet logins)

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Damion Yates wrote:

> I'm fairly certain SO5.1 is free for commercial use too, sun were even
> considering opening the src code up.  As understand they intend making no
> money from sales of this s/w at all, it's entirely there to piss the hell out
> of MS.  Plust the fact that now solaris+SO is a viable alternative to
> MS+Office.

I think you're right on the first two counts, although I think they would
probably SCSL SO if they ever released the source. And yep, they do seem
to take particular delight in pissing off MS. Although, they also had this
wierd idea of 'dot-comming' SO, so that you could surf into it over the
'net or something. Seemed like a really dotty idea at the time, so who
knows what they'll do..

Cheers,

Alex.


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