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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!boris!fzshenau From: fzshenau@boris.ucdavis.edu (Gregory Shenaut) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Advice on Internet gateway. Date: 3 Nov 1995 16:32:35 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 12 Message-ID: <47dg73$1j4@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <713503807wnr@prodata.demon.co.uk> <479onf$688@news.aloha.com> <47co37$ke5@ida.interface-business.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: boris.ucdavis.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@interface-business.de) wrote: : This is in no way to start a flame war: but arguing it as the : *cheapest* entirely ignores NetBSD/FreeBSD. Both are known that you : are able to setup an Internet gateway as well with them. I think that there are other expenses beyond the purchase price of the OS to consider, especially when the purchase price is fairly low. Since in most cases you have to purchase a US$35 or so CDROM to get NetBSD/FreeBSD, then it would be cheaper still to write your own OS. -- Greg Shenaut -- gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu