Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 11:35:33 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, chat@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net getservent.c Message-ID: <199612051935.LAA18582@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Dec 1996 12:09:33 MST." <199612051909.MAA17289@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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So where is the evaluation copy for BSD/FreeBSD? 8) Amancio >From The Desk Of Nate Williams : > Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > > Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > > > Everyone please call ParaSoft today and say "I will buy 57 copies of > > > > Insure++ tomorrow, but first I want a FreeBSD version." :-) > > > > > > How much is it? > > > > Dunno, that's sort of a question I never asked since I figured > > it was a moot point (for now) in any case. I did talk to their > > marketing guy who said two interesting things: > > > > 1. They port to new platforms for a fee of $250K and did the BSD/OS > > port because BSDI did, in fact, pay them $250K > > Ouch! > > > 2. While I was gagging at this and stating unequivocably that even if we > > had $250K to spend, it would NOT be spent on paying an ISV for a port, > > he quickly pointed out that in this particular case there were some > > "big customers" who used both BSD/OS and FreeBSD and were making quackin g > > noises about a FreeBSD version, so there might be room for more creative > > financing in this case. > > Interesting... > > > So maybe it really is a good time to start calling them up and asking for > > the FreeBSD version. www.parasoft.com is unreachable for me right now > > so I can't really say any more than this. > > I couldn't find any pricing information on their site, but FreeBSD was > mentioned as supported. :) > > http://www.parasoft.com/insure/compare/features.htm > > Cut-n-paste... > > Platform Availability > > Platform Insure++ Purify > BSD / Free BSD Yes No > > > > Nate
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