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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!news From: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 4.4BSD-alpha CDROM Date: 11 Jul 1992 19:34:35 -0700 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 26 Sender: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) Message-ID: <l5v6hrINNrq2@neuro.usc.edu> References: <2278@nic.cerf.net> <1760@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> <l5v69tINNrp6@neuro.usc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: neuro.usc.edu Keywords: cdrom In article <l5v69tINNrp6@neuro.usc.edu> merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes: Frankly, I don't like the idea at all. My paid employment is a grad teaching asst at about $900/mo after taxes. I am targeting my 386BSD development for a IBM PC/AT box with a cheap 386SX-25 clone board (which I paid for out of my own pocket), an ancient AT&T (Toshiba MK56F) 69 MB hard disk, a 1.2 MB floppy drive, an old WD8003ebt ethernet card, and cheap clone ET-4000 card (also out of my own meager pocket money). The whole embargo idea for more or less 'publically owned' software is unappealing to me. The concept of shelling out $500+ for a SCSI controller & CDROM drive -- plus -- another $100 for the CDROM is not good for me. Indeed, between the added cost of new hardware plus the CDROM I could almost buy BSDI's BSD386 with a full year of real support. But, I don't have either $500 or $1,000 just laying around - my cash goes to pay mandatory fees, rent, food, and daily expenses. CRSG has done a lot for the free 386BSD distribution. If they promised to put out a complete working free source code version of 386BSD together with documentation within some finite time in exchange for their 'suggested donation' then I might feel a bit better about not being able to get my hands on the updated sources for a short time. But, if on the other hand, there is no such promise -- plus -- the prospect that they will also ask for an embargo on the free 386BSD source code distribution when it is finally available, then I think the embargo is a bad idea.