From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Thu,  7 Sep 1995 12:12:02 -0400
From: Borja Marcos borjam@we.lc.ehu.es
Subject: Why?
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> 
> 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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