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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jmonroy From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) Subject: Re: Free copy of 386BSD Message-ID: <jmonroyCv9txo.JEF@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <yuming.777871567@hurricane> <33ju0k$pcd@spruce.cic.net> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 00:41:47 GMT Lines: 25 Paul Southworth (pauls@locust.cic.net) wrote: : In article <yuming.777871567@hurricane>, : Yu-Ming Wang <yuming@hurricane.seas.ucla.edu> wrote: : > I have just learned about 386BSD recently, and according to 2/91 issue of : >DDJ, any UC student can get a free copy of it. Is that correct?? : Anyone in the world can get a copy of 386BSD 0.1 for free. The new : release (v1.0) will cost $100 for a CDROM when it's released, although : the source code on it can be freely redistributed if you can find : someone with the CD willing to share it with you. However, most people : who started with 386BSD 0.1 (now several years out of date) have : :: [deleted sales pitch] :: : I was indeed impressed. Someone asks a question about 386bsd 0.1, you very tersely mention 1.0 and immediately start with a sales pitch about FreeBSD and Netbsd. Maybe you should just modify your tag-line? -- Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com Zebra Research /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation ___________________________________________________________________________