Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!twg.com!david From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: UNIX sys V4.0 Message-ID: <8209@gollum.twg.com> Date: 4 Nov 90 23:52:31 GMT References: <6956@uwm.edu> <9010025@hpfcso.HP.COM> <25190@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 34 In article <25190@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes: >Does anyone have a list price for Unix? I'd love to have it as an >addition to my 3000... I asked a similar question yesterday at HT Electronics (an Amiga dealership here in Silicon Valley..) They had no idea when it would be out, or what the price would be. They *were* pretty sure they would be carrying it when it does come out. Guesstimation time: The royalties which CBM pays back to AT&T for sales of Unix are gonna be about the same (or exactly the same) as royalties paid for other 2-user liscensee's on other platforms. Therefore we can expect some correlation between prices paid in, for instance, the 80386 market and what we will pay. (modulo differences in development costs & market size, that is) SysVr3.2 is available now for under $1000. The SysVr4's which are available cost more than that, but remember that it's still pretty-much `beta' software (more precisely: "recommended for developers only") and that prices are high partly because the market is small & development hasn't been paid for yet. The royalty schedule, as I understand it, is different between pre-r4 & r4 .. but it sounded as if some things were cheaper & others were more expensive. Therefore I expect Amiga Unix to be <$1000 but how much less is anybody's guess. -- <- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <- <- Use the force Wes!