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- From: grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!
- Message-ID: <1831@adagio.UUCP>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 11:29:43 GMT
- References: <l6vrqvINN91g@neuro.usc.edu> <l6vt9sINN93u@neuro.usc.edu> <jim.712001976@piggy>
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- In article <jim.712001976@piggy> jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes:
- >I had been planning on getting an upgrade from Esix 4.0.3A to the recently
- >released Esix 4.0.4. However, because of this action by USL/AT&T, I will
- >not be purchasing an upgrade. I have just sent off a note to Esix
- >informing them of my action, and reasons. Remember, long distance service
- >isn't the only thing we can boycott. Besides, I've never been an AT&T long
- >distance customer, so I can't boycott that any more than I already am.
- >If anyone else is considering the purchase of any AT&T or USL licensed
- >product (which includes all the System V Unixes), you might consider holding
- >off on the purchase. But the important thing if you do is to tell your
- >vendor and USL what you're doing and why.
-
- Completely independently of this lawsuit, but certainly in keeping
- with the sentiments expressed here, you should consider dropping
- System V and getting BSD/386 instead: it's *better*. I've been using
- it since March of this year, had been using Interactive and SCO
- before, and was expecting a beta version (still the current BSDI
- status) to be correspondingly more flaky. In fact, it's more robust
- and a *damn* sight easier to install, use and configure than any
- System V I've used. In addition, both tape and Ethernet performance
- run rings round ISC 2.2. Now's an ideal time to try it!
-
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