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From: Chris Mauritz <ritz@interactive.spamthat.net>
Subject: Re: New BSDI Pricing
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In comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Mark Cornick <mcornick@zorak.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:
:P~On 11 May 1997 05:25:01 GMT, Roger Marquis <nospam..marquis@nospam..roble.com> wrote:
:P~>Wait a minute, didn't last month's ;login: (the Usenix newsletter)
:P~>editorial outline how Kolstad had just accepted a job with Microsoft?
:P~>Unless that fell through this would seem to be a conflict of interest.

:P~Dude, you *did* see the effective date on RK's "announcement", didn't
:P~you?

Hypothetically, a certain monolithic networking hardware
company with a notable financial stake in BSDI could have
prodded them into raising prices?  One can only wonder.

Chris
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