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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: SCO market share
Message-ID: <hastyCIo0Du.Itq@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
References: <sheldon.756429162@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> <2f7bln$1nk@slab.mtholyoke.edu> <9312261457.38@rmkhome.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1993 23:10:40 GMT
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In article <9312261457.38@rmkhome.com> rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) writes:
>Jurgen Botz (jbotz@mtholyoke.edu) wrote:
>
>: 2) The very fact that the OS is free improves the quality of support,
>: as the professional support people can draw upon the collective wisdom
>: of the community (and do).  When source is publicly available more bugs
>: are found and squashed, more bad design decissions are criticized early
>: on in the process, etc., etc.
>
>This, of course, assumes a connection to USENET and/or the Internet, which
>is not free.
>

Well, it cost me about $20 per month to have my internet account with
netcom. Not bad, when one considers access to the newsgroups, ftp sites,
contacts, mosaic, software, free unix ....

Also, there are small companies selling cdrom distribution of unix  and support
their product, Walnut Creek CDROM (netbsd, freebsd), SLS, Linux Systems
Laboratories :-)

	Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

	Amancio

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