Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!mit-eddie!mit-amt!mit-atrp!ralph From: ralph@mit-atrp.UUCP (Amiga-Man) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Sun NeWS on the Amiga Message-ID: <1386@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: Sat, 18-Jul-87 13:46:15 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-amt.1386 Posted: Sat Jul 18 13:46:15 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jul-87 01:05:08 EDT References: <478@sbcs.UUCP> Sender: usenet@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU Reply-To: ralph@ATRP.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Amiga-Man) Distribution: comp Organization: MIT Amiga Users Group c/o MIT Cognitive Info. Processing Group Lines: 25 In article <478@sbcs.UUCP> root@sbcs.UUCP (Root) writes: >I have a port of Suns NeWS window system up and running on the Amiga. For ... >As for distributing AmigaNeWS, I've been told by Sun that I cannot distribute >it under any circumstances - before you go bashing them, though, remember >that they've had quite a few folks working for YEARS on NeWS, and believe it >or not, they would like to recoup their investment. Can't say I blame them. ... > Rick Spanbauer > SUNY/Stony Brook Gee, isn't it a shame. Now here's something that could potentially be really useful to many sun users and amiga users, particularly in academic environments. But...sorry folks. It's too bad that SUN doesn't view this as a way to increase sales of suns...and hence put the Amiga end of it in the public domain. It a shame when compu-corps need to kill useful things in efforts to make sure they make the most profit. I guess since they aren't public service entities they shouldn't be bound to be helpful. Rick, too bad since YOU wrote the Amiga end YOU can't distribute it as you like. Anyone who needs the SUN end will already have a sun somewhere and can get it though their sun license. Then, at any academic place(or commercial) for that matter, they can buy a bunch of Amiga's and used them running of the SUN's that are around. Then again, maybe I'm confused about all this.....