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From: tzs@coho.halcyon.com (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too)
Date: 4 Jan 1996 05:55:20 GMT
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Christian Kratzer <ck@news.toplink.de> wrote:
>I think a very large portion of the FreeBSD and NetBSD user community would
>considre an IDE CDROM (and also other ide devices) a "wierd device" they would 
>not touch with 5 foot isolated pole ;->
>
>This could be an indicication that FreeBSD is used far more in professional
>scsi only environments and far less in a home/garage environments.

Unless you need more than one CD-ROM drive, or need to be a CD-ROM server
in addition to being a file server, how do you justify the extra cost for
a SCSI CD-ROM?  The ~$200 price difference could be better used for something
like a bigger hard disk, or more memory, or a better monitor.

--Tim Smith