Mail Archives: opendos/1998/06/29/07:06:45
Mike Webb at mwebb AT mail DOT enterprise1701 DOT com wrote:
> > From: Howard Schwartz <theo AT ncal DOT verio DOT com>
> > Reading over the Caldera web site recently I found myself confused as
> > to whether the current Dr. DOS 7.02 (and Web Spider?) is still free
> > to private individuals who use the OS for non-commercial purposes.
> > Can someone put this one to rest for me?
>
> I recently emailed Caldera about this myself. The web site IS confusing;
> the license agreement on the site no longer has the "free" wording, but the
> download page does. The person I corresponded with had a time getting a
> straight answer himself, but the bottom line he finally got was no. It's
> free for evaluation (limited to 90 days for businesses, limited but
> non-specific period for others), but that's as far as it goes nowadays.
>
> I was disappointed with that answer; seems to me that a free non-commercial
> distribution would be a great way to build recognition and eventual
> commercial market share, but that's not the route they've chosen to go. I
> understand they paid big bucks to get the DOS from Novell, so I guess they
> figure that they have to charge everybody to recoup their $$.
They already took the route of offering it for free, getting recognition
and then charging for it. That's where they're at now ;-)
Pat
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