The programs that AT&T won't release (was: NO on comp.sys.att.3b1)

[Augustine Cano]

In article <459 at hico2.UUCP> kak at hico2.UUCP (Kris A. Kugel) writes:
>
>2. AT&T does not support the 3b1.  AT&T does not even release
>   some nice software packages that already exist and were written
>   for the 3b1.  (there exists, for example, a troff package with
>   a 3b1 screen previewer that will even work with 8-pin or 24-pin
>   printers).  Although hardware upgrades and other such exist,
>   they are entirely supplied by small-time independent organizations.

Given the amount of time that has passed since AT&T gave up on the unix pc,
and the more recent release of the kernel object files.  Is there now a
chance that AT&T would reconsider and release (in a completely unsupported
fashion of course) the above goodies as well as other programs?  Paint
Power comes to mind... 

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