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From: 5150 (5150)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI vs FreeBSD
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 09:37:36 GMT
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lidl@va.pubnix.com (Kurt J. Lidl) wrote:

> How about a fair comparision next time?

OK, how 'bout this one:

BSDI costs a thousand fucking dollars for a measly 1 node/10 user
license. Worse than NT Server, for chrissakes.

FreeBSD costs zero for unlimited nodes, unlimited users, unlimited
time.