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From: hal@thoughtport.com (Hal Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 17:18:51 GMT
Organization: Wyvern Labs
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scot@catzen.gun.de (Scot W. Stevenson) wrote:

>[about NT] (Laugh) Yeah, which is just about $295 over my budget...remember, there 
>are a bunch of students over here, too...

That's just the price for bare NT Workstation.  Did you want a domain
controller (compare rdist or NIS server) - then you need NT Server,
which is well over $300.  Want to connect computers?  You need a
Client Access License for each host you connect to a domain
controller.  E-Mail?  No problem, buy Exchange Server (again, well
over $300) plus a Client Access License for each connected host...
Like to read legalese?  Spend hours perusing the nifty 8-page EULA
stuck to your CD cases, then enjoy license nag when you install.
Rumor is, NT Server 3.51 even works on multi-homed systems if you get
Service Pack 4.