Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 01 May 1997 08:20:48 -0700 | From | Troy Morrison <> | Subject | Re: Solaris sources |
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Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > 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. > > The only information I have ever seen was that some university tried > to > get the source code (for security review or something). Might have > been > Stanford. Anyway, for various reasons they either weren't able to > get the > source or chose not to. > > It would be nice to have a "from the horse's mouth" report of > someone who > got the NT source code. Until then I consider it a wild > unsubstantiated > rumor.
I can't confirm this, but I remember reading or being told quite a while ago that Citrix had purchased an NT-source license. It was the basis for their product, which basically hacked at the NT kernel and made it multi-user over the network (as an application server). When you bought the Citrix product, as I recall, you got a "new" NT kernel that would let you connect up over the network and actually "log in" to NT from several desktops.
Troy
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