Re: DEC Ultrix freeware CD (was Re: decwindows cdrom program)

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From: Marcus J. Ranum
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:16

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tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:

>a) DEC would not distribute any free software beyond what was already on the
>unsupported subsets tape, and that was frozen, and had been for some time,
>b) that this was a Policy, and could not be changed by one so lowly as the
>sales district manager who'd hired us in the first place,

	Well, PLEASE don't tell the folks who are funding us! :) :)

	Sorry, but things can change even in Digital. We have funding,
we have a product manager, we have a schedule, and the whole bit. We're
operating at a level a few steps above a Sales DM.

mjr.

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Subject: Re: DEC Ultrix freeware CD (was Re: decwindows cdrom program)
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