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    SubjectRe: Solaris sources
    On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Dan Hollis wrote:

    > On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Michael Nelson wrote:
    > > On 30 Apr 1997, stephen farrell wrote:
    > > > otoh, what worries me about it, however, is i think this makes solaris
    > > > look like a joke to the microsoft people. NT source code is highly
    > > > protected, and it is an easy assumption that there is a direct
    > > > relationship between protection of code and value of said code (albeit
    > > > largely wrong).
    > > It's available for education license (has been for many years), just like
    > > Solaris now is.
    >
    > Really? Has anyone actually purchased it? If so, who specifically?

    Yes, several well-known CS-related universities have. The message passed
    through my mailbox a couple of years ago and I can't remember who they
    anymore. Sorry.

    -mike



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