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From: merlin@smu.uucp (David Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT price survey
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Date: 8 Jul 89 12:21:10 GMT
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Universities add something to the cost of a NeXT for service, maintenance,
and setup.  You can't have NeXT just send one to your dorm room, and set
it up yourself:

1.  NeXT won't sell you a machine.  They only sell them to Businessland,
	and universities who've signed a contract with NeXT.

2.  The terms of the NeXT contract for a university allow them to charge
	whatever they want for the box, but they are not permitted to
	sell it without support/maintenance.