There we not just 'a telco', they were *THE* telco.

When the '84 breakup happened, then AT&T started to
try to milk the Unix cow.

> Because they were not allowed to sell it! They were a telco and had
> restrictions on what they could charge for and how.
>
> On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 09:45, Jim wrote:
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> > I know that Unix was developed by AT&T in the early '70s.  My question
is why
> > was Unix originally free?  Certainly AT&T knew the value of the product
that
> > they were creating.  Any helpful links lurking out there in the minds of
PLUG
> > members?
> > - --
> > Jim
> >
> > Freedom is worth preserving
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