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Xref: sserve comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:3958 comp.unix.bsd:12355 comp.os.linux:51632 comp.unix.questions:37423 comp.os.mach:3128 comp.unix.solaris:5292 Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.questions,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.solaris Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!news.inesc.pt!dec4pt.puug.pt!matuc2.mat.uc.pt!rps From: rps@matuc2.mat.uc.pt (Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro) Subject: Re: Unix close for 486 - commens requested Message-ID: <1993Aug5.223121.19085@matuc2.mat.uc.pt> Organization: Dep. Matematica Universidade de Coimbra X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3 References: <CBAs9D.MH4@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Distribution: inet Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1993 22:31:21 GMT Lines: 29 jeg7e@livia.acs.Virginia.EDU (Jon Gefaell) writes: : In article <23r8kl$la4@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: : > For $2K you get one-year unlimited licenses + support, : My disagreements with this article are legion. : : 1.) Last I was quoted, by Rob Kolstad (@bsdi.com) full source license : to BSDI's product is ~$1K NOT $2K You are talking about one source license and Nate Williams is talking about a SITE license. One site license is $2K/year. BTW, since we are talking money, for 10 machines you could buy one source license + 9 aditional binary licenses ($200 each ?) = $2800. This includes support for 60 days. So you see that in the first year it's cheaper to pay a site license. : 2.) You don't need accelerated video, 32M RAM, EISA, etc etc ad nauseum : for what you've asked for. I agree. I'm using BSDI with 16Mb in a ISA machine with a ET4000 video. But the display is a little slow (mostly text scrolling). Accelerated video may be worth it if you want to use X. -- Rui Salgueiro | Dpt. de Matematica |"In my life / Why do I smile rps@mat.uc.pt | Universidade de Coimbra | at people who I'd much rather rps@inescc.pt | Portugal - Europe | kick in the eye" - Morrissey