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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!ip-salem2-27 From: mreeves@teleport.com (Michael Reeves) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: New Pricing: Is BSDI brain damaged? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 17:30:41 GMT Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <41l1c1$e3s_001@ip-salem2-27.teleport.com> References: <41i2i6$mmc@homer.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-salem2-27.teleport.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <41i2i6$mmc@homer.alpha.net>, Dean Roth <Dean_Roth@mgic.com> wrote: > >I'm looking for a new (modern) UNIX package. I was considering BSDI, but after seeing >the current prices I've changed my mind, and will start the hunt for a new UNIX >again. $3,000 is a big jump from the old price of about $600. Maybe I should give >that free Windows NT 3.5 package Microsoft gave me another consideration? I'll take my chances with FreeBSD or Linux. Less than $600 was reasonable for binaries. Less than $1000 was reasonable for binaries+source. Additional copies for $200 if you owned the binaries+source was reasonable. But charging based on the # of users, makes it out of the reach of a small ISP. I think they're wasting their money by advertising BSD/OS in Boardwatch magazine. Even for Major BBS sysops who fork out wads of cash, it is simply too expensive. They must be trying to get the Fortune 500 companies that run bulletin boards to buy it. Mike.