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From: Borja Marcos borjam@we.lc.ehu.es
Subject: Why?
Date: Thu,  7 Sep 1995 12:12:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19950907161202.oOW6TM8m61RA0JqqyJ6vyS1qY6V2NLv1KnYM9r28XrQ@z> (raw)

> 
> Borja Marcos writes:
> 
> > the license [for Amoeba] costs sixtY thousand dollars. (yes, it's 60
> > K$).
> 
> > 	Is Plan 9 expensive?
> 
> I just read, in a Swedish computer magazine, that a commercial source
> license for Plan 9 would go at $200,000. I don't know if that is
> official or just a rumour in the computer business.

	Well, the license for Amoeba is commercial. However, I don't need
a commercial license. Just wanted a distributed OS to do some independent
research. Well, if I'm not a university I must get a 
commercial license for Amoeba. With Plan 9 I can get an affordable
education license. 

	Borja.


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             reply	other threads:[~1995-09-07 16:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1995-09-07 16:12 Borja [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1995-09-08  6:49 Why? dhog
1995-09-07 22:27 Why? mkc
1995-09-07 16:48 Why? Steve_Kilbane
1995-09-07 16:22 Why? Gary
1995-09-07 15:44 Why? presotto
1995-09-07 11:14 Why? Borja
1995-09-07  8:35 Why? Paul
1995-09-07  5:50 Why? Andrew
1995-09-07  5:12 Why? Gary
1995-09-06 20:24 Why? Borja
1995-09-06 19:52 Why? Paul
1995-09-06 19:21 Why? Steve_Kilbane
1995-09-06 18:11 Why? Dave
1995-09-06 17:29 Why? Dave
1995-09-04 15:14 Why? presotto
1995-09-03 18:23 Why? presotto
1995-09-03 18:17 Why? Andrew
1995-09-03  5:28 Why? Curt
1995-09-03  5:26 Why? Curt
1995-09-02  1:17 Why? Will
1995-09-01 18:52 Why? Mike

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