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From: bsw@netcom.com (Bruce Sterling Woodcock)
Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to
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In article <nc0453Dn96w6.93F@netcom.com> nc0453@netcom.com (-) writes:

First you say:

>Also, one of his candidates was BSDI, which is anything but free.
>It's actually rather costly, even though I haven't seen many   
>advantages, beyond being able to run Netscape Commerce Server.

Then you say:

>Can you name one commercial OS that provides source code?

You answered your own question above.  (BTW, it's BSD/OS now.)

Bruce

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