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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:2522 comp.unix.sysv386:21867 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!unido!adagio!grog From: grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license! Message-ID: <1831@adagio.UUCP> Date: 25 Jul 92 11:29:43 GMT References: <l6vrqvINN91g@neuro.usc.edu> <l6vt9sINN93u@neuro.usc.edu> <jim.712001976@piggy> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd Organization: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany Lines: 27 In article <jim.712001976@piggy> jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes: >I had been planning on getting an upgrade from Esix 4.0.3A to the recently >released Esix 4.0.4. However, because of this action by USL/AT&T, I will >not be purchasing an upgrade. I have just sent off a note to Esix >informing them of my action, and reasons. Remember, long distance service >isn't the only thing we can boycott. Besides, I've never been an AT&T long >distance customer, so I can't boycott that any more than I already am. >If anyone else is considering the purchase of any AT&T or USL licensed >product (which includes all the System V Unixes), you might consider holding >off on the purchase. But the important thing if you do is to tell your >vendor and USL what you're doing and why. Completely independently of this lawsuit, but certainly in keeping with the sentiments expressed here, you should consider dropping System V and getting BSD/386 instead: it's *better*. I've been using it since March of this year, had been using Interactive and SCO before, and was expecting a beta version (still the current BSDI status) to be correspondingly more flaky. In fact, it's more robust and a *damn* sight easier to install, use and configure than any System V I've used. In addition, both tape and Ethernet performance run rings round ISC 2.2. Now's an ideal time to try it! -- Greg Lehey | Tel: +49-6637-1488 LEMIS | Fax: +49-6637-1489 Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany *** NOTE ***: Headers are mangled - reply to grog%lemis@Germany.EU.net