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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!208.192.224.3!news.interactive.net!newonyx.interactive.net!not-for-mail From: <ritz@interactive.spamthis.net> Subject: Re: New BSDI Pricing Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Nntp-Posting-User: ritz Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. Lines: 40 Message-ID: <E8xIun.66M@news.interactive.net> References: <E8ssJ8.Mqr@news.interactive.net> <Pine.LNX.3.96.970419143119.789C-100000@reflections.eng.mindspring.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: 861527470/6213 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: newonyx.interactive.net Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 09:11:11 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6679 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39391 In comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis@mindspring.com> wrote: :P~On Thu, 17 Apr 1997 ritz@interactive.spamthis.net wrote: :P~> Does anyone else find the new BSDI license prices to be a :P~> bit on the silly side? :P~(...) :P~> However, I can't help but feel that in an environment where :P~> the quality and support of some free alternatives is getting :P~> so good, that this isn't a questionable move. :P~(...) :P~> For quick and dirty unix tasks (dns, authentication and news :P~> machines) FreeBSD is starting to look awfully attractive. :P~The phrases "rock" and "hard place" come to mind. If they drop their :P~prices too low, the moronic übercorporate types will assume "$1k per :P~license? It must be crappy". If they raise them too high, clueful types :P~will ask "Is BSDI really worth $3k/per box more than FreeBSD or Linux?" :P~and usually answer "no". :P~For better or worse, the free Unices are pushing people like SCO and BSDI :P~out of the low-end Unix market. I'm ambivalent about the phenomenon, but :P~I think it's occurring. Yeah, I spose you're right. Folks that feel more comfortable with unix and have a clue are more likely to bail on BSDI and move on to the free stuff. I personally switched from FreeBSD to BSDI for our web server about a year ago since the binary license was reasonably priced. Looks like it's time to get back on the freebsd-current mailing list. I hope the gains from gouging the corporate types make up for losing all the "little guy" business...sigh... Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@interactive.net | finger/mail info@interactive.net OR IBS Interactive, Inc. | http://www.interactive.net/