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To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, lfloyd@sonic.net
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Subject: Re: The issue of support
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At 09:43 AM 4/12/98 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:

>You raise an interesting point: should a commercially supported
>version of FreeBSD cost money (not much, but enough)?  How about
>'FeeBSD'?

Why bundle? Unbundled support is perfectly adequate, and avoids
barriers to entry for individual consultants who might want to
provide support without also selling a version of the OS.

--Brett


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