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From: jkh@morse.ilo.dec.com (Jordan Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Come now... Where's 1.1 Relese ?
Date: 05 Apr 1994 12:36:11 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Galway Ireland
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In-reply-to: dan@oea.hacktic.nl's message of Mon, 4 Apr 1994 15:46:46 GMT

In article <Cnqrty.LuC@oea.hacktic.nl> dan@oea.hacktic.nl writes:
   I suggest that you demand your money back and go for BSD/386 1.1. For
   about $1000,- you get a solid BSD release with source included and you
   don't have to wait. It is available now.

Whatever you're smoking over there in Holland (and you do get some
quality stuff in Amsterdam, I know!) I would like a pound or two
please.  Thanks! :-)

[For the uninitiated: FreeBSD is, well, erm..  Free.  We offer an
unconditional guarantee: Anybody demanding their money back will
cheerfully receive a full refund! :-) (Actually, even if you've spent
money on the Walnut Creek CDROM, you'll note that they have the same
return policy.  Really!) ]

P.S. BSDI is nice, and well worth the $1000 if guaranteed stability
and support are what you need.  But note that you then can't expect
to trade the source code back and forth with your friends!