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From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan)
Subject: Re: More Details on the 386BSD Release 1.0 CD-ROM
Message-ID: <1994May20.075932.2931@resonex.com>
Organization: Resonex Holding Corporation, Fremont CA
References: <jmonroyCq1qK0.5vJ@netcom.com> <JKH.94May20003442@nx.ilo.dec.com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 07:59:32 GMT
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In article <JKH.94May20003442@nx.ilo.dec.com>,
Jordan Hubbard <jkh@nx.ilo.dec.com> wrote:
>
>This really looks to me like Bill hasn't really done much of anything
>with this, and is trying to make a final few bucks off the 0.1 bits
>repackaged in a nicer box before jumping ship altogether.  We should
>see the old 0.1 hardware list to see what's supported in 1.0?  They
>added nothing tangible enough to justify making even a little noise
>about?  Am I the only one made just a little suspicious by this?

Far from it!  I wouldn't fork over $20 to see the new disk, let alone
$100.  Hopefully some brave soul will be willing to put up the money
to see what's actually on the disk, and give us all a detailed
techical report.  (We certainly will never get any decent information
from Mr. Monroy on this subject.)  I doubt that people will be
queueing up to waste $100 on a product with a dubious past at best,
and an even more questionable future.  At least, not until the 386BSD
folk are willing to come up with the straight dope.

If nobody's ordered the disk yet, perhaps we could all chip in
one or two bucks each, to make a group purchase of one disk, just
to get some of these questions answered...

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