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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.cis.okstate.edu!col.hp.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.seanet.com!usenet From: bolsen@seanet.com (Bruce Olsen) 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: 1 Jan 1996 17:45:13 GMT Organization: DUO Systems Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4c96j9$kb8@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4att23$mha@agate.berkeley.edu> <4au4fo$pbo@agate.berkeley.edu> <4av7jh$k48@orion.cc.andrews.edu> <4avg1j$dab@agate.berkeley.edu> <4bs4cu$mkm@gandalf.compumedia.com> <DKB0Hv.8H2@iquest.net> <4bujan$6is@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <DKD3J2.2up@iquest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: odinn.seanet.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:32139 alt.os.linux:6898 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11497 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1727 In article <DKD3J2.2up@iquest.net>, ziggy@village.instaview.com says... > >jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken) wrote: > >>Ziggy Stardust (ziggy@village.instaview.com) wrote: >>: But at least linux people CAN get a quarterly CD... It would be nice >>: to ahve more options for Free/NET BSD.....I might even switch myself >>: to a bsdish if i could get some CD's.... > >>Walnut Creek offers a FreeBSD subscription service. When a new version >>of FreeBSD is released, you'll receive it from them, at a cost of around >>$25 per release, if I'm not mistaken. You might want to consult >>http://www.cdrom.com/titles/subscrip.html for more information. > >>-- >>Jeff Aitken >>jaitken@vt.edu > > Its more like $40, but i was thinking more along the lines that linux >people have a choice...*bsd seems to be only WC, in teh cdrom world... >Not 'bad' but if infomagic, and others..( btw I do have WC's cd....) > >Sorry about the poor wording from before.... > > > > Ziggy > Actually, it $40 if you just buy the one copy. FreeBSD by subscription is $25 + s/h. They seem to put a new cd out about every 6 months. I ordered mine on the Friday before Xmas and got it USPS on the following Tuesday. -- Bruce Olsen bolsen@seanet.com DUO Systems All standard disclaimers apply.