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I found out another source for how it went,

> he second group was irate because Sun had "unbundled" its software. That is, rather than getting all of Sun's developer tools together, they had to be purchased separately.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050525231654621



It makes sense the unbundling happened around the 386i timeframe. It also could be an optional part that never got installed on the one I played with. And, the article said, GCC was good and free.




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