Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 00:25:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: JOAO HENRIQUE BERGAMASCO <jhbergamasco@netco.com.br> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sales ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960807235211.13019A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19960808030146.00892bd4@mail.netco.com.br>
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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, JOAO HENRIQUE BERGAMASCO wrote: > Hi, >=20 > My company works with Intranet Solutions and I have been looking for a UN= IX > Operating System very cheaper for my customers. >=20 > I found FreeBSD. >=20 > Please, how can I get a comercial copy of FreeBSD ? The FreeBSD that comes on the cdrom from Walnut Creek (or is=20 available by ftp) is full-strength, industrial quality; there's no "commercial" version that has additional utilities or=20 capabilities. All the utilities, capabilities, packages, and programs are already included. As an Internet Service Provider, you would probably want to install some programs (e.g., perhaps inn, the news server) that your customers would not care about; and you might want to install several different user mail packages, so that your customers with shell accounts would have a choice of mail programs to use. But all these programs are available on (or from) the same cdrom (or ftp download). =20 There are some commercial programs, such as Netscape's Commerce Server, that run on FreeBSD that you would have to purchase (as does everyone else). But there's also apache, a web server with considerable capabilities, that is part of the FreeBSD distribution. With apache you could provide your shell account customers with=20 the capability of putting up their own web pages. It is often surprising to people that a complete implementation of "Berkeley Unix" for Intel-based pc's, with considerable enhancements, is available (with all the source code) for $39.95 (the price of the cdrom from Walnut Creek). But that's the case. Technical support is provided through mailing lists such as this one and Usenet groups; there is a mailing list for ISPs. Although this is all done on a volunteer basis, you have access through these lists to experts around the world who are successfully doing what you're trying to do or who are actually working on the code itself. =20 =09=09=09=09Annelise Anderson =09=09=09=09Senior Research Fellow =09=09=09=09The Hoover Institution =09=09=09=09Stanford University =20 > Thanks, >=20 > Joao Bergamasco, NetCo. >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------ > NetCo. Internet Provider > http://www.netco.com.br > Jo=E3o Henrique Bergamasco, Master CNE > Technical Director > E-Mail: jhb@netco.com.br > Florian=F3polis - SC - Brazil > Fone/Fax +55(48)224-4140 >=20
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