Naw, Sun never liberated it. Sun did announced "NeWS is Free (only $1000)" which was kind of a kick in the balls and abuse of the word "free". "Free (only $10

Naw, Sun never liberated it. Sun did announced "NeWS is Free (only $1000)" which was kind of a kick in the balls and abuse of the word "free". "Free (only $1000)" discussion on usenet: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.windows.news/c/-G1l_372AP8/m/-fehRpGlKB0J https://groups.google.com/g/comp.windows.news/c/-G1l_372AP8/... https://groups.google.com/g/comp.windows.news/c/YtZzYMZ587M/m/GaUUH1-qhRQJ https://groups.google.com/g/comp.windows.news/c/YtZzYMZ587M/... https://groups.google.com/g/comp.org.sug/c/IXcXK7hKgUQ/m/nf8pkDIG01gJ https://groups.google.com/g/comp.org.sug/c/IXcXK7hKgUQ/m/nf8... A couple of my flames about the situation: https://www.donhopkins.com/home/archive/NeWS/Explanation.txt https://www.donhopkins.com/home/archive/NeWS/Explanation.txt https://www.donhopkins.com/home/archive/NeWS/sevans.txt https://www.donhopkins.com/home/archive/NeWS/sevans.txt And to cleanse the palette, DSRH's epic "Sun Deskset == Roy Lichtenstein Painting on your Bedroom Wall" flame (David SH Rosenthal was one of the original authors of NeWS, with James Gosling, and also wrote the X11 ICCCM): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38768724 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38768724