From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 18 08:32:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA04207 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:32:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from chrome.jdl.com (chrome.onramp.net [199.1.166.202]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA04202 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:32:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chrome.jdl.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA04906; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 10:31:02 -0600 Message-Id: <199603181631.KAA04906@chrome.jdl.com> X-Authentication-Warning: chrome.jdl.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Brian Tao cc: "Amancio Hasty Jr." , Darryl Okahata , hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft "Get ISDN"? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:18:23 EST." Clarity-Index: null Threat-Level: none Software-Engineering-Dead-Seriousness: There's no excuse for unreadable code. Net-thought: If you meet the Buddha on the net, put him in your Kill file. Compiler-Motto: Wintermute is dead. Long live Wintermute. Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 10:31:02 -0600 From: Jon Loeliger Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk So, like Brian Tao was saying to me just the other day: > On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, Amancio Hasty Jr. wrote: > > > > I paid $750 or so for my Ascend Pipeline 50. > > Geez... our price is around $1500, I think. Bitsurfrs retail for > about $450, street price of under $400, but Bell Canada's special for > $299 is pretty much at cost. Remember also that there are about 4 variants of the P50. {with,without} the routing SW, {with,without} a builtin NT-1. Needless to say, it's the routing SW that was running in the $300-$400 range. So are we doing apples to apples here? jdl