UNIX-WIZARDS Digest V5#078

[ted%nmsu.csnet at relay.cs.net]

Geoff Kratz writes:
    
    ...
    Our main goal for getting the source is to gain some insight into the
    system itself (the documentation enhancement you mentioned).  For me
    specifically, that means actually see what happens in the low-level
    windowing (the documentation seems to be sparse or missing in places).
    ...
    
    But, as I said before, our management would like to see some "revenue"
    created directly because of the licence (you know, money for money) and
    our department's arguments alone aren't sufficient.


For windowing, get X, the source is part of the distribution.  You
don't get the source to sun-windows without very special arrangements
since it isn't really part of unix.

Other than that, source is not very important anymore, I have worked
both with and without it and it is a rare instance that you REALLY
need to hack on the source.   Source is worth the university price for
general amusement of the sort that you have mentioned, but not worth
the commercial price unless it is part of a delivered product.