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From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Cost of 386bsd 
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 93 04:37:20 GMT
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In article <DERAADT.93Feb18021105@newt.fsa.ca> deraadt@fsa.ca writes:

   Every single one of us who posts patches is helping them (and I have no
   problem with that. In fact, here's an offer to BSDI that if they want to
   use my YP code (my only serious contribution so far) they can.) Company
   or individual, I don't care. They are not making money from hacking the
   operating system, they are making money from supporting it, with their
   hard earned knowledge of the internals over the last N years. BSDI,
   Cygnus, I can't smell any real difference.

BSDI is like an exercise club membership with a $1,000 entry fee.
Once you enter the club you get to play there with other members.  No
guests, though.

Cygnus is like getting your own exercise club built in your backyard.
Cygnus doesn't care *who* you invite into the club.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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