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From: <ritz@interactive.spamthis.net>
Subject: Re: New BSDI Pricing
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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 20:12:44 GMT
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In comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc ~{#@HNNRRy#@~} <cweng@garlic.engr.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
:P~Thomas Weihrich (Thomas.Weihrich@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE) wrote:
:P~: It's all a matter of stability and availability.
:P~: My NT machine crashed 8 times during installation and then every 5
:P~: minutes.
:P~: It's been running BSD/OS for 15 months now without a single hardware
:P~: related crash (2.1 with no crash at all)
:P~How come you had so much trouble installing NT, it is easy! It didn't
:P~crash when I installed it. Don't try to install NT on a 386, try it on a
:P~pentium and you will see when it crashed 8 times.
We haven't had any real problems with NT deployments for customers
(other than the shoddy performance). BSDI is clearly a better
performer, but with Microsoft practically giving away all the
internet goodies I suspect it will become all but impossible to
sell folks on BSDI boxes (especially with the new pricing).
Chris
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