Re: Has USR licenced comos?

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Tue, 27 May 1997 12:03:34 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 27 May 1997, Robert Boyle wrote:

> It's true. It is a bastardized version of ComOS. I'm not sure if they have
> kept the same source tree or not. Last I heard, they had started with an
> earlier version, but I guess that if their license permits, they may update
> when Livingston does. I believe that they just renewed the license in late
> last year or early this year. Livingston was suing them for continued usage
> after their license expired.

Well it sounds like that would be a good selling point for Livingston OVER
Total Control. Say to the customer, "The Total Control software is
Licensed from Livingston and is an older version." And let the customer
draw their own conclusion.

My conclusion would be that I want to deal with the folks that actually
know something about terminal serving, i.e. the authors of COM OS:
Livingston.

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