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From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr)
Subject: Re: Free copy of 386BSD
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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 00:41:47 GMT
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Paul Southworth (pauls@locust.cic.net) wrote:
: In article <yuming.777871567@hurricane>,
: Yu-Ming Wang <yuming@hurricane.seas.ucla.edu> wrote:
: >     I have just learned about 386BSD recently, and according to 2/91 issue of
: >DDJ, any UC student can get a free copy of it.  Is that correct??

: Anyone in the world can get a copy of 386BSD 0.1 for free.  The new
: release (v1.0) will cost $100 for a CDROM when it's released, although
: the source code on it can be freely redistributed if you can find
: someone with the CD willing to share it with you.  However, most people
: who started with 386BSD 0.1 (now several years out of date) have
:	:: [deleted sales pitch] ::
:
	I was indeed impressed.
	Someone asks a question about 386bsd 0.1, you very tersely
	mention 1.0 and immediately start with a sales pitch about
	FreeBSD and Netbsd.

	Maybe you should just modify your tag-line?

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Jesus Monroy Jr                                          jmonroy@netcom.com
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