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From: mulder@eb11.eb.ele.tue.nl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: FLAME Concerning Apple's pricing of A/UX 2.0.
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Date: 6 Jun 90 16:21:49 GMT
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> A/UX won't be for everybody.  Those who just need a PC class machine will
> not need UNIX.  I can't imagine UNIX being used at home for the average
> user.

Hmm, my room-mate has a unix (BSD4.3) box, an Acorn Archimedes that is, and
since the time he bought it I spent more time behind his unix machine than
behind my own Mac and Lisa... I'm a programmer and I love unix to use as a
programming environment. I use the Mac to write articles and such. I couldn't
do without the Mac, but neither without the unix machine.. This is why I
think A/UX is a Good Thing, if I had a big Mac (Only have an ordinary
Mac Plus, into which I've put 2 meg of RAM, and a Lisa) and a good income I
would buy A/UX. Now I need two machines to do the same job... Then I'd only
need one!

An BSD4.3 archimedes together would cost you about $5000, how much does a
Mac IIfx with a big screen and A/UX cost you? The mind boggles...)

Bye!!!!!!!!!

pooh