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From: palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: OS costs
Message-ID: <1990Sep9.163248.27949@fiver>
Date: 9 Sep 90 16:32:48 GMT
References: <1990Sep9.012658.23353@sco.COM>
Organization: Fiver Communications, Fremont, Ca
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From article <1990Sep9.012658.23353@sco.COM>, by seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan):
> *sigh*  Once again...

>>p.s. No wonder the Unix companies are trying to grab as much $$ as possible.
> 
> Thirdly, in reply to the attempted slur:  guess what:  almost every company
> in existance tries to "grab as much $$ as possible."  This is known as
> attempting to make a profit.

  I don't know Sean, sounds like something some sort of justification I used to
hear when going to high when kids would explain to each other why they should
use drugs.  What is amazeing is all the talk about how what and why different
versions of UNIX are more expensive than each other when the fact is only 
very few people really know what the answer is. Most likely these are the
companies accountants and presidents. I'm sure we will never hear from them
makeing statements on the net about price justification.  

  It is interesting that you say "almost every company".

---Bob


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