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:
> > 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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