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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!bofh.dot!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: blake@pbgi.com (Blake Swensen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about UNIX offer Date: Thu, 16 May 96 15:16:31 GMT Organization: Pillar/Blake International Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4nfr4n$m6p@nadine.teleport.com> References: <319AA908.48E4@mail.med.upenn.edu> <4nf7r1$22s@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.251.72.5 To: alecs@mail.med.upenn.edu X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 >Alec Schwartz <alecs@mail.med.upenn.edu> wrote: > >> I recently received a information from a company called Continua, Inc. >> offering the SCO Open Server Desktop 5.0 for the PC at a price of $269. >> I checked and the list price for this seems to be just under $800, so >> this appears to be more than a $500 saving. It appears to be a complete >> version of Unix including full networking and comes with all Internet >> sofware and GUI support. What other questions should I be asking about >> this product before I buy? > >.. Where to get the source code for the operating system? >.. Whom to sue if something doesn't work as advertised? >.. How to get the e-mail addresses of the developers? >.. How to setup the system so Apache will work on it? > I would say that if you get FreeBSD from CDROM you could save nearly the entire $800. Sounds like a pretty easy decision to me. Peace, Blake