History question

[David Mandala]

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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