[7253] in Kerberos
Re: OpenVision donates Kerberos admin system to MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Blob)
Sat May 11 08:38:01 1996
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: 11 May 1996 00:43:33 -0500
From: blob@syl.dl.nec.com (Dave Blob)
Reply-To: blob@syl.dl.nec.com (David Blob)
> Dhip (Dhip Sotb <dhip@hedgefund.com>) writes:
Dhip> I applaud OpenVision for donating such a significant piece of
Dhip> technology to the public domain. However, I am confused as to their
Dhip> motivation. Perhaps the stock owner can explain it to me.
How harsh. Although, I guess with a domain name like hedgefund.com...
Could it be that OpenVision's reputation in the kerberos community is worth
whatever paper loss they may incur because of giving away their GUI? That
they've gotten a lot from the MIT people's work and are giving some back?
Realistically, I think most people [us included] who buy Kerberos are buying it
for support not for the GUI -- It's just an added plus.
- Dave
