16 Sep
2004
16 Sep
'04
7:20 p.m.
At 02:41 PM 9/16/2004, you wrote:
John Foust wrote:
"Some in the UCSD crowd remain convinced that their software was technologically
superior to Bill Gates's MS-DOS, and still mourn that outcome."
so, please put it open source ...
Eight years ago or so, I'd inquired at the UCSD licensing office.
Just dealing with a junk yard dealer, the very act of asking
about an item raises its value from zero. At the time, a UK
company (Cabot Software http://www.cabot.co.uk/) still held
an active license from UCSD. They were pushing the p-System
opcode engine as their solution for set-top boxes.
By 2001, Cabot had given up on supporting or promoting technology
based on their their old p-code-based system. I haven't asked
at UCSD since... but if I do, I suspect they will get dollar
signs in their eyes, as per above.
- John