Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site uiucdcsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!purtilo From: purtilo@uiucdcsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.math.symbolic Subject: Re: net.math.symbolic intro message - (nf) Message-ID: <67300004@uiucdcsb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 14:28:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.67300004 Posted: Fri Sep 28 14:28:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 00:57:14 EDT References: <10170@gatech.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:gatech:-1017000:uiucdcsb:67300004:000:642 Nf-From: uiucdcsb!purtilo Sep 28 13:28:00 1984 #R:gatech:-1017000:uiucdcsb:67300004:000:642 uiucdcsb!purtilo Sep 28 13:28:00 1984 RE: availability of doe macsyma i recently posted a note concerning a unix (not just vms) version of doe macsyma available through NESC. in pursuing this further, i find that in fact symbolics has entered into more litigation to block any such availability. doe patent lawyers are battling now, and a resolution is promised "soon". but once again, symbolics succeeds in botching up a good thing. here at uiuc, we are going to wait a little longer to see how the litigation resolves --- if possible we want to avoid doing business with symbolics, just on general principles. jim purtilo.uiuc@csnet-relay ...!uiucdcs!purtilo