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From: mbrown@osf.org (Mark Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A/UX 2.0 Great ... But who can afford it ?
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Date: 22 Mar 90 14:30:19 GMT
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In article <2629@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>, sharp@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca
(Maurice Sharp) writes:
>     I have 2 main beefs with Apple about A/UX :
> 
> 	1) It is based on OBSOLETE UNIX.  It is based on AT&T V.2.2.

Funny, GM just settled on 5.2 as a base for all its UNIX vendors.
IBM and OSF are using it as a base for their products.
All three are making mods for 5.3 SVID, but so is Apple, I hear.
Don't seem too obsolete to me...

> 
> 	2) The PRICE.  I have here the University price (CAD$) :
> 
> 		A/UX 2.0 Media Only 	$760
> 		X windows for 2.0	$285 (no mention of version)
> 		Manual kit		$668
> 					----
> 		TOTAL		       $1713
> 
> 	   What kind of cost is that ?  For $2500 I can get myself an
> 	   Apollo DN2500 WITH UNIX (4.3 and SY5.3) AND C/Pascal etc.
> 	   Granted, that is diskless, but that is only another $2-3000

Sure. Compare a diskless workstation (with a smaller processor) to a machine
(fully expandable) that runs two OSs.

Based on current market rates, these prices (while a little high) are well
within the realm of 'current market" reality.

>      Lets get serious here Apple.  A/UX and X and Manuals should cost
> no more than $500 for a University.  I really want to buy A/UX with X
> windows for developing applications.  But I can NOT afford the cost of

Maybe a college student can't afford a full-blown UNIX workstation.
Are they supposed to? I remember being pretty broke when I was in school.

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