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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: csdayton+usenet@midway.uchicago.edu (Soren Dayton) Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD ... In-Reply-To: markv@pixar.com's message of 8 May 1996 22:42:08 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: woodlawn.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <xcdafziybzh.fsf@woodlawn.uchicago.edu> Lines: 16 Sender: csdayton@woodlawn.uchicago.edu Organization: uchi.comp.unix viper cabal X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 References: <3188C1E2.45AE@onramp.net> <4mnsc5$6qo@sundial.sundial.net> <4mr800$8nf@pixar.com> Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 23:35:46 GMT Our friend, markv@pixar.com (Mark VandeWettering), wrote: > As for Walnut Creek CDROM, yes, they do charge a bit more for CD's than > your fly by night Linux $10 vendor. But they are very good on the phone, > I once had a defective CD and they express mailed me a new one no questions > asked at all. Frankly they do a good job and I appreciate it. Also, their > current price for FreeBSD is $39.95. You can also get a subscription to > their CD service for $25 per CD, twice a year. A good deal. I think that another reason that this is not so shocking is that they do a lot of things for the FreeBSD project. It is clear that paying for this (convenient) CD will also give a little money to the FreeBSD project, which, I must say, is not a bad thing. I patronize businesses that do good stuff. Soren