> On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Michael Nelson wrote:
> > On 30 Apr 1997, stephen farrell wrote:
> > > otoh, what worries me about it, however, is i think this makes solaris
> > > look like a joke to the microsoft people. NT source code is highly
> > > protected, and it is an easy assumption that there is a direct
> > > relationship between protection of code and value of said code (albeit
> > > largely wrong).
> > It's available for education license (has been for many years), just like
> > Solaris now is.
>
> Really? Has anyone actually purchased it? If so, who specifically?
Yes, several well-known CS-related universities have. The message passed
through my mailbox a couple of years ago and I can't remember who they
anymore. Sorry.
-mike