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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
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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