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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 10 Dec 1995 01:29:52 -0600
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In article <4a5n6i$4e0@news.voicenet.com>, 900RR <900RR> wrote:
>gbutler@Phoenix.kent.edu (Butler Gerald E    ) wrote:
>> In doing so I was able to save Kent State Universities department of
>>Residence Services over $20,000 on their cost estimates for turning the 
>>office LAN into a Class-C subnet on the Universities NEW fiber-optic back-
>>bone.
>
>how much of that did you ever see?
>

Yes, it is sad that going out of your way to save money usually results
only in getting your budget for next year cut...  Does that mean everyone
should quit trying?

Les Mikesell
  les@mcs.com