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From: larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: SVR4 shipping, sort of, allegedly; Microport is baaaaack
Message-ID: <1990Jul31.013258.14239@nstar.uucp>
Date: 31 Jul 90 01:32:58 GMT
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Organization: Northern Star Communications, Ltd.
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mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes:

>Microport (+1 800 FOR UNIX) is back out of Chapter 11 (or whatever chapter
>they were in) and shipping a "developer's release" of SVR4 with the
>kitchen sink (TCP/IP, NFS, RFS, X, Streams, everything I can think of
>but DWB).  I asked when and the guy said "now."  Don't know what
>"devleoper's release" means ("buggy?" "don't even think of calling for
>support?" (1/2 :) ).  Now for the bad news: it comes on tape only, and 
>costs $2500.

$2500 for Microport - is that list price?  Is there a discount
for VAR's and or developers?
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