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From: "Mike Webb" <mwebb AT mail DOT enterprise1701 DOT com>
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 07:18:43 -0500
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Subject: Re: Is Dr. DOS still free?
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> 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 $$.