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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO Unix vs ICS vs Xenix
Summary: Options vs. hype
Message-ID: <639@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 29 Sep 89 15:31:18 GMT
References: <8909281749.AA03817@decwrl.dec.com> <802@fiver.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center
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In article <802@fiver.UUCP>, palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) writes:
|  >There are two difference choice, 2 users and unlimited
|  > users.   I think 2 users product is a rip off because I have past experience
|  > with 2 users version. 
|   
|    This was hashed out before, the marketing types blame it on the legal 
|  department, the legal department dosn't have anything about it. 
|	[ comment truncated, about policy ]

  Several thoughts about the 2U license. There are some applications for
which it is perfectly fine. It gives a uucp login and console, and if
that's what the user needs it's a chance to buy at a lower price.

  I do think all the virtual consoles should count as one user, since
there is no practical way more users could share it. That should not
make ATT unhappy, although it requires a smart user counter.

  There is a company which is packaging the 2U unix with a 6 port serial
board for a very cheap price. My first impression is that they are
leading people into a false conclusion, but I haven't gotten to them yet
because of the timezone diference.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon