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#! rnews 2472 bsd Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!neoucom.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.maz.net!news.ppp.net!news.Hanse.DE!wavehh.hanse.de!cracauer From: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Message-ID: <1996Jan4.140833.18166@wavehh.hanse.de> Organization: BSD User Group Hamburg References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4c9op2$k9o@mark.ucdavis.edu> <4ca3gu$4nc@news1.halcyon.com> <4cdijr$hjg@toplink1.toplink.net> <4cfq48$9lg@news1.halcyon.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 96 14:08:33 GMT Lines: 31 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:31868 alt.os.linux:6812 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11360 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1709 tzs@coho.halcyon.com (Tim Smith) writes: >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? Easy: How can you know you will not need more than one CD drive in the future. How can you know you won't have to use this CD-ROM on a workstation someday? Buying SCSI means to lower the possibility to trough away equipment because you can't predict the future. >The ~$200 price difference could be better used for something >like a bigger hard disk, or more memory, or a better monitor. No, either *add* the $200 or buy more memory after a while. You can't upgrade your CD-ROM to SCSI after a while. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de> - Fax +49 40 522 85 36 BSD User Group Hamburg, Germany - No NeXTMail anymore, please. Copyright 1995. Redistribution via Microsoft Network is prohibited