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Date: Sun 01-Nov-1989 20:01:53 From: Unknown Subject: NeXT source availability (was Re^2: Eterhogeneus Network) feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman) writes: >Back in the 0.8-0.9 era, when the conversion from standard BSD UNIX >administration to NetInfo was taking starting, I was under the impression >that NeXT was going to make the protocols and source for NetInfo available >so that it would become "the new standard in networked administration". >Well, it didn't come with the 1.0 release. Perhaps it will be made >available when NeXT makes the rest of the OS source available -- supposedly >90 days after the release of 1.0? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Can someone please confirm or deny this? Available source code is a *huge* plus if my book. If this is true, what kind of terms will NeXT place on the source distribution? Which parts of the source will be available, and which won't? Thanks in advance, Jon jcargill@cs.wisc.edu

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