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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: FLAME Concerning Apple's pricing of A/UX 2.0.
Message-ID: <3089@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 4 Jun 90 04:39:20 GMT
References: <1990Jun1.185845.24189@ox.com> <2669D0E0.340B@intercon.com>
Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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>You didn't have to pick A/UX for a platform.  If a cheapo 386 UNIX port
>is what you want to pay for, that's what you should be using.  If you are
>adding capabilities and value to your product by putting in on A/UX, then
>what's the problem with paying more for it?

I don't quite understand just what "cheapo 386 UNIX port" is being
referred to.  To get what you get with A/UX 2.0, you'd end up paying at
least $1K-$1.5K street price for ISC's 386/ix or SCO's XENIX or UNIX.
Even ESIX, with the same services, is about $800, the same amount which
is being kvetched about.

The price for A/UX 2.0 seems pretty much in line with other products on
the market on platforms in the same ballpark.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu