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From: jkoval@hari.uwo.ca (John Koval)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Documentor's Workbench Install problems on Sun
Keywords: ditroff, dwb, troff
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Date: 25 Sep 90 04:48:27 GMT
References: <1990Sep19.122319.26279@tukki.jyu.fi> <1050@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> <1990Sep23.001920.23329@ircam.ircam.fr>
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In article <1990Sep23.001920.23329@ircam.ircam.fr> mf@ircam.ircam.fr (Michel Fingerhut) writes:
>We ported ditroff, tbl, pic, eqn, to Suns and DECstations 3100.
>The effort was 1 man/week, essentially, and was prompted by
>the outrageous prices some companies charge for it.
>
The prices are definitely outrageous.  We have been quoted $2000 for a
copy for one machine by both Unix Software International (AT&T's
international sales office) and SoftQuad.  I don't think Elan's will be
much cheaper.  This makes Framemaker seem really cheap ($600-$1000).

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