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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: FAQ_01. First Draft. Message-ID: <1993Apr5.184733.26883@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CS References: <9304032124.AA07711.cgdtry2@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> <CGD.93Apr3193340@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <1pplq5$f6b@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1993 18:47:33 GMT Lines: 34 In article <1pplq5$f6b@agate.berkeley.edu> wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz) writes: > >In article <CGD.93Apr3193340@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes: >>In article <9304032124.AA07711.cgdtry2@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) writes: >>>1.8.5 Why shouldn't I get my distribution from UUNet? >>> >>there is no valid reason not to get it from uunet. >> >Don't get it from uunet. > >While the "no binaries" policy may have vanished (after all, they're making >money off of anyone sucking it off anyways), the primary reason is still valid. > >Bill. No offense intended to Bill, but uunet has been, and continues to provide many services for free, including downloading the 386BSD distribution from any internet host. Also, some people don't have any EASY way of dowloading the distribution, and uunet's 900 service is one of many cost-effective ways of downloading the distribution. I don't think politics should enter this discussion. DEC makes money, uunet makes money, so what? In the end, we all win. Let's try and keep politics out of this.. My thoughts, Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, work #: (406) 994-4836 | I don't think they'll catch on - home #: (406) 586-0579 | Don Hammerstrom