Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!burl!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!sean From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.6809 Subject: Re: Info on OS9 Operating System Message-ID: <2232@ukma.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 14:37:31 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.2232 Posted: Mon Sep 23 14:37:31 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 07:40:53 EDT References: <360@wlbr.UUCP> Reply-To: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) Organization: The White Tower @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 26 Xref: linus net.micro.amiga:4074 net.micro.6809:479 (Pardon the flames, this got a little hotter than I expected) In article <360@wlbr.UUCP> steve@wlbr.UUCP (Steve Childress) writes: >And lastly, I doubt the correctness of the statement that Microware doesn't >offer the source to developers ... they no doubt offer it to OEMs. An >applications software developer doesn't need source. And havoc would arise >if source were widely available. Don't doubt it. A friend of mine recently received their brochure for developers, which contained information about OS9 and detailed prices and availability of port packs. Nowhere did they make even the slightest mention of source code. If, as Mr. Childress states, they do actively support developers by releasing source code, then why does this document not even mention it? Statements such as they "no doubt offer it to OEMs" should be researched before they are presented as an argument. "No doubt" is an oxymoron, for it in itself states lack of knowledge. I would like to be proved wrong in this case, but not with heresay. Sean -- - Sean Casey UUCP: sean@ukma.UUCP or - Department of Mathematics {cbosgd,anlams,hasmed}!ukma!sean - University of Kentucky ARPA: ukma!sean@ANL-MCS.ARPA