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Re:FreeBSD 10.3-Release on AWS by cperciva on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @03:26PM (#11482771)
The Windows tax went away when Amazon launched unix HVM, starting with "cluster compute" instances over five years ago. It has never applied to the FreeBSD images in the AWS Marketplace.
Re:FreeBSD 10.3-Release on AWS by jlgaddis on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @03:34PM (#11482838)
That's interesting, I can recall getting charged although I don't remember the details. I've never used the "official" AMIs, though, so perhaps it was because we built our own. Either way, thanks!