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From: ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects
Date: 3 Oct 1992 16:15:50 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:

>>There may be a role for a profit-making company to make a $50
>>shrink-wrapped free Unix with a manual and limited support.

>o	$54 for a boot floppy and tape distribution.
>o	$66 for a CD ROM distribution.
>o	$116 for a floppy only distribution.
>How does $1000 sound?  Like BSDI?

Ok guys: how does Coherent do it?   :-)

There you are -- a Profit making company, with manuals and support,
floppy distribution (albeit smaller than any of Linux et al), all
for $100.  They have to even write the OS ;-)

Some say their support ain't great shakes.  I wasn't hoping for more
than non-800 number help in installation.

        -ans.
-- 
Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu