From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
To: Scottauge@aol.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-28 19:11:27 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 03:11:27 +0800
From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 03:11:27 +0800
To: Scottauge@aol.com
Subject: Re: SCO giving free licenses to UNIX OpenServer
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Scottauge@aol.com writes:
>
> Hit www.sco.com
>
> Pick What's New
>
> Look for UNIX Unbound.
>
> Read, Understand, and Delight... Microsoft maybe in trouble at last.
I doubt it. People don't use Microsoft products because
of their quality or functionality.
> This is for single user home based UNIX systems.
Single-user UNIX isn't all that useful.
Linux and FreeBSD are both free, and come with source code.
You can get "commercial" versions of Linux for around $30
(that's on CDROM). You can get support for Linux, and probably
for FreeBSD.
--
Eric Murray ericm@lne.com ericm@motorcycle.com http://www.lne.com/ericm
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