Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!jpradley!shawn From: shawn@jpradley.jpr.com (Shawn Blair) Subject: Re: MINIX on a 486? Organization: Unix in NYC Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 14:48:24 GMT Message-ID: <1991Jun28.144824.10048@jpradley.jpr.com> Summary: Announcement in uWorld References: <13393@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1991Jun12.145309.29231@ukpoit.co.uk> In article <1991Jun12.145309.29231@ukpoit.co.uk> paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood) writes: >In article 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? > I recall seeing a small article announcing the new BSD version in this month's Unix World. If memory serves it mentioned a cost of $900 for the source with discounts for educational institutions. Availability of PC versions were due in September. Correct me if I'm wrong ;-). Regards, Shawn _______________________________________________________________________________ -- Shawn R. Blair ~ shawn@jpr.com -- -- ...murphy!jpradley!rpmc!{srblair!}shawn (hourly) -- -- uunet!areyes!admiral!rpmc!{srblair!}shawn (weekly) --