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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!fdn.fr!uunet!epiwrl.entropic.com!usenet From: kenh@entropic.com (Ken Hornstein) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ? Date: 4 Jan 1995 02:13:10 -0500 Organization: Entropic Research Lab, Washington, DC. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3edhq6$f44@epiwrl.entropic.com> References: <3e8t0q$gnp@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <3e9v2i$cgh@xmission.xmission.com> <D1uoHw.IBr@indirect.com> <3edfnv$4i5@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: epiwrl.entropic.com In article <3edfnv$4i5@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU>, Shawn Brown <shawnb@ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote: >In article <D1uoHw.IBr@indirect.com>, Barnacle Wes <wes@indirect.com> wrote: >> >>They do (support FreeBSD), and I did (buy the Walnut Creek CD-ROM). Come >>on, what's another five buck$? Give 'til it hurts! > >Well, the difference is a little more than $5. I just bought the Infomagic >disc for $18. Walnut Creek wants $35-$40? While I have been impressed with >Walnut Creek and their efforts to advocate the use and distribution of >free OS's, if they can't compete price-wise, they are going to be SOL with >a lot of people. Errr, exactly where did you get the Infomagic CD-ROM from? I ordered it from the (mildly spammed) ad on the net, and I paid a bit more than $18! I guess I'm a sucker *sigh*. FWIW, I bought the Infomagic CD-ROM just because I wanted a copy of NetBSD as a backup, but if I was buying it for FreeBSD I'd buy it from WC, even if the cost was a larger difference than what you posted. --Ken