From: C.A. Brooks <
[email protected]>
Subject: Product Announcement: AT&T UNIX System Toolchest
Date: 8 Apr 85 22:21:05 GMT
PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: AT&T UNIXTM System Toolchest
1. Overview
The UNIXTM System Toolchest is a collection of tools and a distribution
mechanism for unsupported UNIX system based AT&T software and its
documentation.
The major goal of the Toolchest is to encourage UNIX system application
development by providing an outlet for seeder material to the commercial
UNIX system community.
Presently, it contains 23 AT&T tools with about 20 more to be added each
quarter. Tools are unsupported, available in source with sublicensing
provisions, distributed electronically, and priced intentionally low.
The Toolchest was introduced to domestic Value Added Reseller (VAR)
customers in January '85. As of now, the customer base is extended to
all UNIX System V source licensees and to selected Independent
Software Vendors (ISVs) participating in AT&T's ISV/VIP program. It
is currently limited to licensees in the continental U. S. and Canada.
Universities and government agencies are included. No special
discounts apply, however.
2. Features
o "Simple" tools and applications from AT&T
o Individually available, in source, "as is," with sublicensing
provisions
o Software, documentation, and installation instructions all on-line
o Screened by AT&T for technical merit and installation on AT&T 3B20
System V Release 2 (SVR2)
o Electronic distribution using dial-up network, including free browsing
of descriptive information
o Priced intentionally low -- presently the median price for source is
about $200 and the range is $40 to $2000.
There are a variety of tools currently in the Toolchest in categories
such as database, debugger, driver, editor, environment, file utility,
game, language, office automation, and programming aid. The Toolchest
catalog of software is updated periodically; current listings and
prices are those found on-line.
3. Access
o Dial 1-201-522-6900. Login as guest. Tell the system what kind of
terminal you are using.
o You must have an ASCII asynchronous CRT and 1200 baud modem to login
and browse. Most such terminals in the terminfo database of System V
are supported by the full-screen, menu-oriented browsing software.
Paper terminals are not supported at this time.
o To obtain tools, the customer must supply the uucp information for a
receiving machine. 1200 baud is preferred, but not required. Also,
the customer must have the appropriate language compiler because tools
are delivered in source.
4. Registration
o Requests for licensing registration are made on-line by browsers.
These requests result in a license agreement being mailed out to the
person's company for signature.
o A general license agreement, covering all tools in the Toolchest, must
be signed prior to receipt of any software.
o The company must designate persons eligible to order from the
Toolchest. The company can insist that each such person supply a
Purchase Order number when tools are ordered by noting this on the
authorization forms. Each person will be assigned a password by AT&T,
for account security.
o uucp information for one or more receiving machines per registration
must be supplied to AT&T.
o There is a fee of $100 for registration. The registration fee has
been waived for all UNIX System V source licensees, but is required of
anyone holding only a binary license.
5. License_Agreement
o The source fee allows for multiple copies of source for internal use,
with no charge or reporting on additional CPU's.
o Sublicensing provisions are also covered by the generic license. The
fee is a one time lump sum per tool which allows unlimited numbers of
binary sublicenses without royalty payments. The customer is
obligated to acknowledge AT&T in all advertising for products based on
Toolchest software with a phrase such as "contains software from the
UNIX System Toolchest."
o To activate permission for sublicensing, the customer must login to
the Toolchest and indicate the specific tools to be sublicensed.
