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From: booloo@framsparc.ocf.llnl.gov (Mark Boolootian)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Dell or BSDI Unix - do you have a recommendation?
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Date: 2 Dec 92 17:56:07 GMT
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I am waffling between purchasing Unix from Dell or from BSDI.  Having complete
source is extremely appealing, but I have to admit that I feel a little more
secure about Dell being around for awhile (perhaps an erroneous impression,
but I'm stuck with it).  I have read the pc-unix/software buyer's guide.  I
haven't bought my system yet, so I'm not constrained by hardware.  I plan on
buying a 486 EISA system and running SCSI disk.

I'd appreciate hearing any pros or cons regarding Dell and BSDI Unix from
folks out there, particularly those of you running one or the other.  I
haven't been able to make up my mind based on my reading of the software
buyer's guide, and am hopeful I can get sufficient input to sway me one
direction or the other.

Any and all responses are sought.  Thanks in advance (especially to Eric
Raymond for producing the buyer's guide - it's been a tremendous help to
me).

mb
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Mark Boolootian		booloo@llnl.gov		+1 510 423 1948