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From: stuff@crash.cts.com (David Yip)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re:  GNU c and c++ under MINIX (long)
Keywords: It _IS_ huge !
Message-ID: <3430@crash.cts.com>
Date: 16 Sep 88 23:50:12 GMT
References: <4061@louie.udel.EDU> <594@sering.cwi.nl>
Reply-To: stuff@crash.CTS.COM (David Yip)
Organization: Crash TS, El Cajon, CA
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In article <594@sering.cwi.nl> roberto@cwi.nl (Rob ten Kroode) writes:
>In article <4061@louie.udel.EDU> frank@morgan.com (Frank Wortner) writes:
># Bill Rosenkranz <rosenkra@alliant.com> writes:
># "Huge" is, in my opinion, an exageration.  The source costs $99, not much
># more than the $89 that Minix itself costs.  Admittedly, I have a steady,
># rather well-paying job, so I can fork over a hundred dollars without much
># pain.  Other people may not be so lucky.  Still, in comparison the cost of
># many other common bits of software and hardware -- two to three thousand
># dollars for a nice PC system comes to mind -- $99 is cheap.
>
>"Huge" is defenitely NOT an exageration. The source costs $999.
>
>I suppose you don't fork over a thousand dollars without much pain :-)
>
>-Rob
>-- 
>Rob ten Kroode

The last time I looked, all GNU software was free to anyone who could ftp
to a site that had it.  The only costs involved were if someone had to make
a tape and send it to you.