Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!ucdavis!caldwr!rfinch From: rfinch@caldwr.water.ca.gov (Ralph Finch) Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave Subject: A Provocative Question Message-ID: <208@locke.water.ca.gov> Date: 23 Jul 90 23:01:20 GMT Organization: Calif. Dept. of Water Resources, Sac. Lines: 17 We are getting three Sparcstations (4/65's), so I got prices from both PVI and RSI for 3 licenses for that class of machine: RSI: $2212.50/license PVI: $3486.00/license Anybody can call and get the same information. The Question: What value added am I getting by paying $1273.50 more per license? -- Ralph Finch 916-445-0088 rfinch@water.ca.gov ...ucbvax!ucdavis!caldwr!rfinch Any opinions expressed are my own; they do not represent the DWR