Subject: Free O/S w/every browser... From: ddern@world.std.com (Daniel P Dern) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 10:26:00 -0500

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Rex Ballard  remarks:
> Any indication of a complimentary operating system? (Red Hat or Slackware
> Linux?)
> 
> If Microsoft is going to throw in complimentary browsers and servers with
> NT 4.0, it only seems right that Netscape should throw in "Complimentary"
> Operating Systems with Navigator 4.0!!


Arguably Caldera fits this description -- they're offering a bunch of desktop
and network clients and servers, which includes Navigator...built on
top of a productized implementation of Red Hat LINUX, also included on
the CD.  At like 100$ or so for the basic single-seat copy, that's
close to free, given the stuff thrown in.

The upcoming release of Caldera, BTW according to a quick schmooze with
them at one of the shows I was at recently, will include (depending on
which version you buy -- total cost may be more like a few hundred $):

o Sun WABI (Windows Application Binary Interface), lets you run
  Windoze programs over Linux
o DR DOS
o Netware server

and the usual Caldera goodies...with a Win95 WABI on the way, with luck,
as well.

You can bet I'll be trying this puppy out.  Wheeha!

Daniel Dern (ddern@world.std.com, http://www.dern.com) 
  Internet analyst,  author, columnist & speaker 
  (617) 969-7947 FAX: (617) 969-7949 
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