CD-ROMs: When?

[fnddr at acad3.fai.alaska.edu]

The folks from DEC who have been contributing to the ongoing dis"cuss"ion on
license management imply that a CD-ROM Ultrix distribution is on the way.
How far away?
We are preparing purchase orders and I'm wondering if a CD-ROM should be added.
I've looked through DECdirect and I see no sign of Ultrix/RISC software that
currently uses CD-ROM, so I don't see much point in getting a drive that
would just sit around collecting dust for months.
Perhaps someone more familiar with Ultrix could comment on the pros and cons
of getting a CD-ROM drive right now.
Perhaps someone at DEC could guesstimate when we might see Ultrix on CD?
Summer?  Fall?  Next year?
Thanks,
Don Rice                                  Internet: fnddr at acad3.fai.alaska.edu
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