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- From: C.A. Brooks <ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxm!sftig!sftri!sfmag!cath@Ucb-Vax.ARPA>
- Subject: Product Announcement: AT&T UNIX System Toolchest
- Date: 8 Apr 85 22:21:05 GMT
-
- PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: AT&T UNIXTM System Toolchest
-
-
- 1. Overview
-
- The UNIXTM System Toolchest is a collection of tools and a distribution
- mechanism for unsupported UNIX system based AT&T software and its
- documentation.
-
- The major goal of the Toolchest is to encourage UNIX system application
- development by providing an outlet for seeder material to the commercial
- UNIX system community.
-
- Presently, it contains 23 AT&T tools with about 20 more to be added each
- quarter. Tools are unsupported, available in source with sublicensing
- provisions, distributed electronically, and priced intentionally low.
-
- The Toolchest was introduced to domestic Value Added Reseller (VAR)
- customers in January '85. As of now, the customer base is extended to
- all UNIX System V source licensees and to selected Independent
- Software Vendors (ISVs) participating in AT&T's ISV/VIP program. It
- is currently limited to licensees in the continental U. S. and Canada.
- Universities and government agencies are included. No special
- discounts apply, however.
-
-
- 2. Features
-
- o "Simple" tools and applications from AT&T
- o Individually available, in source, "as is," with sublicensing
- provisions
- o Software, documentation, and installation instructions all on-line
- o Screened by AT&T for technical merit and installation on AT&T 3B20
- System V Release 2 (SVR2)
- o Electronic distribution using dial-up network, including free browsing
- of descriptive information
- o Priced intentionally low -- presently the median price for source is
- about $200 and the range is $40 to $2000.
-
- There are a variety of tools currently in the Toolchest in categories
- such as database, debugger, driver, editor, environment, file utility,
- game, language, office automation, and programming aid. The Toolchest
- catalog of software is updated periodically; current listings and
- prices are those found on-line.
-
-
- 3. Access
-
- o Dial 1-201-522-6900. Login as guest. Tell the system what kind of
- terminal you are using.
- o You must have an ASCII asynchronous CRT and 1200 baud modem to login
- and browse. Most such terminals in the terminfo database of System V
- are supported by the full-screen, menu-oriented browsing software.
- Paper terminals are not supported at this time.
- o To obtain tools, the customer must supply the uucp information for a
- receiving machine. 1200 baud is preferred, but not required. Also,
- the customer must have the appropriate language compiler because tools
- are delivered in source.
-
-
- 4. Registration
-
- o Requests for licensing registration are made on-line by browsers.
- These requests result in a license agreement being mailed out to the
- person's company for signature.
- o A general license agreement, covering all tools in the Toolchest, must
- be signed prior to receipt of any software.
- o The company must designate persons eligible to order from the
- Toolchest. The company can insist that each such person supply a
- Purchase Order number when tools are ordered by noting this on the
- authorization forms. Each person will be assigned a password by AT&T,
- for account security.
- o uucp information for one or more receiving machines per registration
- must be supplied to AT&T.
- o There is a fee of $100 for registration. The registration fee has
- been waived for all UNIX System V source licensees, but is required of
- anyone holding only a binary license.
-
-
- 5. License_Agreement
-
- o The source fee allows for multiple copies of source for internal use,
- with no charge or reporting on additional CPU's.
- o Sublicensing provisions are also covered by the generic license. The
- fee is a one time lump sum per tool which allows unlimited numbers of
- binary sublicenses without royalty payments. The customer is
- obligated to acknowledge AT&T in all advertising for products based on
- Toolchest software with a phrase such as "contains software from the
- UNIX System Toolchest."
- o To activate permission for sublicensing, the customer must login to
- the Toolchest and indicate the specific tools to be sublicensed.
-