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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA781 ; Sun, 07 Feb 93 16:00:35 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Cost of 386bsd Message-ID: <1993Feb6.175338.4973@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1kvc9dINNm2o@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1993Feb6.054843.22278@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1993Feb6.084648.19785@wlbr.iipo.gtegsc.com> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1993 17:53:38 GMT Lines: 28 In article <1993Feb6.084648.19785@wlbr.iipo.gtegsc.com> sms@WLV.IIPO.GTEGSC.COM (Steven M. Schultz) writes: >In article <1993Feb6.054843.22278@serval.net.wsu.edu> msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Dragon Lord) writes: >>OK, here it is. 386BSD by Bill and Lynne Jolitz is FREE. BSD/386 by >>BSDI corp is the $950 one. Both come with source code. > > And a *well spent* $950 (actually $995) it is - no futzing about > for "which patch # do I need", etc. Depends on what one's goals > are. If "getting the system to work" is the goal then by all > means get the FREE one (and from what i've read be prepared to > spend, in some cases, a lot of time getting it stable), otherwise > (as i did) pay a few $ and get on with "the work at hand". > > Just my two cents worth... > > Steven Schultz > sms@wlv.iipo.gtegsc.com Along with the FREE price come ports and patches faster than any Corporation can crank out. -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming