Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.pbi.net!nntp.mainstreet.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.roble.com!nospam..roble.com!not-for-mail From: Roger Marquis <nospam..marquis@nospam..roble.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: New BSDI Pricing Date: 11 May 1997 05:25:01 GMT Organization: Roble Systems (http://www.roble.com) Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5l3l7d$nre$1@alba.roble.com> References: <E8ssJ8.Mqr@news.interactive.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: roble.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6852 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40713 Wait a minute, didn't last month's ;login: (the Usenix newsletter) editorial outline how Kolstad had just accepted a job with Microsoft? Unless that fell through this would seem to be a conflict of interest. Roger Marquis >Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:44:20 -0600 (MDT) >From: kolstad@bsdi.com >To: customers@bsdi.com >Subject: BSDI Pricing > >Dear Valued BSDI Customer, > >... >Now, changes in BSDI's business require that we modify this policy. >After April 30, 1997, all of our commercial customers will purchase >product according to our 1997 prices. This change is necessary for >many reasons, including the economic realities of a company that is >10 times larger than it was in 1994; fairness to all of our customers; >the costs associated with developing and supporting our operating >system; and the increased value our product offers when compared to >three years ago. >...