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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!realtime.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: why buy BSDI ? Date: 14 Dec 1995 02:57:00 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 13 Sender: rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com Message-ID: <87ag4wcc37.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> References: <4aj80t$gus@news.voicenet.com> <MIB.95Dec13092801@laforge.bb-data.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: interbev.mindspring.com In-reply-to: mib@bb-data.de's message of 13 Dec 1995 08:28:01 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.10 On 13 Dec 1995 08:28:01 GMT, mib@bb-data.de (Martin Ibert) said: > In article <4aj80t$gus@news.voicenet.com> 900RR (900RR) writes: > if FreeBSD didn't exist, then maybe it would be worth a look. > but their byzantine licensing structure ($900 = 10 connected users) > is a farce if you ask me. i must be missing the point. Back when BSDI's pricing made sense, it was quite a bargain. I love FreeBSD, but I have seen BSDI 1.1 work smoothly under crippling load. BSD/OS 2.0.1, which we got under a grandfathered pricing structure, seems equally indestructible. -- Robert