Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site l5.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!sun!l5!gnu From: gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: getopt(3) posting FLAME Message-ID: <217@l5.uucp> Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 08:40:23 EST Article-I.D.: l5.217 Posted: Sat Oct 26 08:40:23 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 03:49:11 EST References: <910@utcs.uucp> <306@graffiti.UUCP> <898@burl.UUCP> <5244@elsie.UUCP> <811@wcom.UUCP> Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco Lines: 27 In article <811@wcom.UUCP>, frodo@wcom.UUCP (Jim Scardelis) writes: > The AT&T version of getopt(3c) is available for free, with free > sub-licensing from the AT&T Toolchest [(201) 522-6900, login: guest]. This is misleading. AT&T will sell it for free to anyone who is signed up with the Toolchest, but you either have to pay $100 to sign up, or own a source license ($43K). You also have to wait for them to mail you a contract then you sign it and mail it back then they eventually flip a bit that lets you "buy" things.* Will someone who has already gone thru this please post the source to the net.sources? The sublicense fee is $0 so you should be able to "sell" it to all of us and AT&T doesn't care. Right? (I've seen Henry Spencer's version and it seems to work just fine. Is there any reason why I'd want the AT&T version?) Flame about Toolchest: They seem to be afraid of Unix experts; they stick you in a menu system and won't let you out. I wanted to see the price ranges, but there's no way to get a simple list of tool names and prices, unless you ask about each tool individually. Thanks AT&T. * I think this is kind of funny, from the company that transacts ALL its business over the phone. They never made me sign a contract for phone service or long distance...I just call up, tell them I'm me (or anybody else), and order what I want. It shows up on my phone bill. Why can't they do that for the Toolbox?