From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 17 18:09:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA05718 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 18:09:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from saba.kuentos.guam.net (root@saba.kuentos.guam.net [198.81.233.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA05700; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 18:09:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by saba.kuentos.guam.net (Smail3.1.29.1 #9) id m0ughaT-002F0FC; Thu, 18 Jul 96 11:09 GST Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 11:09:05 +1000 (GST) From: Meltedice To: Amancio Hasty cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, Domingo Siliceo , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Opinions? In-Reply-To: <199607171928.MAA00328@rah.star-gate.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Amancio Hasty wrote: > >From The Desk Of "Jordan K. Hubbard" : > > > > Now, go price 3 copies of NT Server plus the 1000 user commercial pop > > package you'll have to buy along with the relevant DNS, News and > > SLIP/PPP software (also throw in NFS so that you can eventually share > > filesystems with that SGI Challenge machine you've got your lustful > > eyes on and will buy once you hit 500 users to take some of the load > > off). See the total you're quoted. Suffer heart failure. Be revived > > Do you know how much the above setup would cost? > > Tnks, > Amancio > I don't know the exact cost, but for the $40.00 you send Walnut Creek, your best choice would be FreeBSD, that is undisbutable. And if you are serious about setting up an ISP and MAKING MONEY, then you would be aware of the cost and invest your time in FreeBSD and not your money in NT. Leave all of the "nice pretty" point and click to your users PC's and Mac's at home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : _ | | /"\ | " I am the Gecko! " | /o o\ | | _\/ \ / \/_ | meltedice@kuentos.guam.net | \\._/ /_.// | | `--, ,----' | http://www.guam.net/home/bhshaw2 | / / | | ^ / \ | KUENTOS CAFE... An IFORMS based Chat | /| ( ) | | / | ,__\ /__, | telnet buri.kuentos.guam.net 3000 | \ \ _//---, ,--\\_ | | \ \ /\ / / /\ | "Come on in and visit me" | \ \.___,/ / | | \.______,/ | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~