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From: paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX on a 486?
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.145309.29231@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 12 Jun 91 14:53:09 GMT
References: <13393@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <AWB.91Jun11091405@stoat.uk.ac.ed.aipna>
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In article <AWB.91Jun11091405@stoat.uk.ac.ed.aipna> awb@ed.ac.uk (Alan W Black) writes:
>As someone else said BSD will be available
>"soon" for almost free.  (Someone disagreed but I'm not sure why -- the
>"soon" bit is the most arguable).  
My guess is the "almost free" part is the problem. I understand that it
is not going to be free to private individuals. In fact is going to be
very expensive compared to Minix. Can someone clarify?

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