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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!news.alt.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!izzy.net!news From: "Patrick S. Roberts (NTT)" <root@execu.comshare.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: why buy BSDI ? Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 18:14:58 -0800 Organization: National TechTeam Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <30D22BA2.4954E1CF@execu.comshare.com> References: <4aj80t$gus@news.voicenet.com> <4arkvc$rmn@sanson.dit.upm.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: execu.comshare.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.0 i586) Pedro J. Lobo Perea wrote: > > 900RR (900RR) wrote: > > : i can't figure out what the deal is with BSDI. > > : if FreeBSD didn't exist, then maybe it would be worth a look. > : but their byzantine licensing structure ($900 = 10 connected users) > : is a farce if you ask me. i must be missing the point. > > : what does BSDI offer me that i can't/don't get with FreeBSD (or even > : Linux for that matter). For a couple of grand, i could buy and set up > : an ass-kicking BSDI P133 super system. for the same sum, BSDI sends > : me (FedEx, thank you) a CDROM, and a tech-support number.... :\ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > There you go. You don't pay only for the OS, but also for the > support. You can get FreeBSD for free, but the only "support" you > get is the ability to ask in the newsgroups or in the mailing > lists, provided that you have a network connection (although they > are usually very useful :-). If something goes wrong, and nobody > can (or wants, which isn't usually the case) help you, you can't > do anything. > > : please clue me in. > > : CB Also a great deal of Companys will not go for an *unsupported* software like freebsd, whereas they will gladly believe a product which they pay out the as$ for is godly, example :windows. Not that BSDI is bad, I have a primo BSDI Internet Server here that supports over 1000 users on the net. Patrick S. Roberts (NTT) Internet Consultant