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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!hudson.lm.com!not-for-mail From: doug@telerama.lm.com (Doug Luce) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: New Pricing: Is BSDI brain damaged? Date: 24 Aug 1995 10:52:39 -0400 Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh, PA USA Lines: 21 Message-ID: <41i3nn$3c6@pachyderm.lm.com> References: <41i2i6$mmc@homer.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pachyderm.lm.com In article <41i2i6$mmc@homer.alpha.net>, Dean Roth <Dean_Roth@mgic.com> wrote: >I'm looking for a new (modern) UNIX package. I was considering BSDI, >but after seeing the current prices I've changed my mind, and will >start the hunt for a new UNIX again. $3,000 is a big jump from the old >price of about $600. Maybe I should give that free Windows NT 3.5 >package Microsoft gave me another consideration? The pricing isn't brain damaged, it's merely competitive (among Unix OS vendors). If you're considering NT as a viable alternative to BSD/OS, then BSD/OS is probably not the appropriate choice for you in the first place. Real (cheap) alternatives to BSD/OS might include NetBSD/FreeBSD or Linux. And they come with as good as or better support than NT. -- Doug Luce Using BSD/OS