Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!darwin.sura.net!math.ohio-state.edu! cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!network.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au! koel.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU!smart From: sm...@koel.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Robert Smart) Subject: prepayment for BSD 4.4-encumbered? Message-ID: <1993Aug9.014009.22196@mel.dit.csiro.au> Sender: n...@mel.dit.csiro.au Organization: CSIRO DIT (Melb.) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 01:40:09 GMT Lines: 15 I made the following enquiry by e-mail a while ago, but haven't got a reply yet. Perhaps someone on this newsgroup can tell me the answer. We received a form to get an alpha version of 4.4. It had an option to prepay $400 and automatically receive the official release. We paid that, so I presume we will just get the 4.4-encumbered release without further action on our part. Is that correct? Bob Smart Robert.Sm...@mel.dit.csiro.au Open Systems Program CSIRO Division of Information Technology phone: +61 3 282 2625 723 Swanston St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia fax: +61 3 282 2600
Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk! pipex!uunet!spcvxb!terry From: te...@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: prepayment for BSD 4.4-encumbered? Message-ID: <1993Aug9.015608.6737@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 9 Aug 93 01:56:08 EDT References: <1993Aug9.014009.22196@mel.dit.csiro.au> Organization: St. Peter's College, US Lines: 26 In article <1993Aug9.014009.22...@mel.dit.csiro.au>, sm...@koel.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Robert Smart) writes: > We received a form to get an alpha version of 4.4. It had an option > to prepay $400 and automatically receive the official release. > We paid that, so I presume we will just get the 4.4-encumbered > release without further action on our part. Is that correct? We received a low-profile mailing from the CSRG some time ago (I guess about a month and a half) asking us to select the architecture and tape media we wanted our release on, along with the usual site info form. About a week later, we also got the generic "4.4-final is ready" literature (with the full price). We sent the selection forms back right away and haven't seen the tape yet. Of course, it does seem to take them a while under the best of circumstances (I understand they have a very limited staff). And, I always order 6250 BPI 9-track tapes, and their [only?] 9-track drive seems to be in a near-permanent state of malfunction (according to Keith). So, if you sent back the selection form, you should get something eventually. If you didn't receive the form, either CSRG thinks you aren't eligible or the Post Office has done their usual. In this case, you should probably contact the distribution office (info on the paperwork) and see if they think you're eligi- ble. Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing te...@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA te...@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381
Path: gmd.de!xlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!ddsw1! library.ucla.edu!agate!toe.CS.Berkeley.EDU!mckusick From: mckus...@toe.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Kirk McKusick) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: prepayment for BSD 4.4-encumbered? Date: 11 Aug 1993 00:34:21 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: <249eqd$7rg@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: toe.cs.berkeley.edu Cc: The distribution folks at the CSRG sent out a mailing to the person listed as the administrative contact for every site that had paid the $400 upgrade fee in mid June. The letter asked the site to select the binary architecture that they wanted to receive and the media on which they wished to receive their release. It also included the usual site info form. To date, only half of the sites have responded. A second mailing will be made in about a month to the technical contact with the same request. Although no additional fee needs to be paid, you must respond to get your final distribution. Thus, if you have not responded, you should do so. If you have not received your letter, and believe you should have gotten one, please send mail to the CSRG distribution office at bsd-d...@CS.Berkeley.EDU. A small set of sites were selected to get the first tapes (one per supported architecture) so that we could test the installation procedure by non-experts. Several problems were discovered that are currently being corrected. The distribution office expects to be ready to start shipping the rest of the pre-paid domestic releases by the end of August. International tapes are still in the process of being made, and will hopefully ship shortly after the domestic ones. Summary: if you are a pre-paid upgrade site and you have sent in the architecture and media type paperwork sent to you in June, you need take no further action. If you are a pre-paid upgrade site and you have not sent in the architecture and media type paperwork sent to you in June, you must track down your administrative contact and get them to do so ASAP. Kirk McKusick