On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:54:47AM -0400, Bob Drzyzgula wrote: > > Gosling wrote his Emacs in 1981, and Unipress Emacs started > shipping in 1983 for $399 per seat.
Sorry -- actually looking again I see it said $395, not $399, not that this makes any difference. But thinking back I expect that this was $395 per *system*, which is only per seat if you're talking about workstations, and in those days we used workstations as multi-user systems anyway. I doubt there was any license management mechanism available at the time that could have enforced a per-user license. Still, it was a lot of money. --Bob _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
