Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!chip From: chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Price of DWB 3.1 Message-ID: <1706@chinacat.Unicom.COM> Date: 17 Nov 90 02:07:09 GMT References: <1990Nov5.022533.29625@nixtdc.uucp> <1990Nov15.134714.15935@bellcore.bellcore.com> <1990Nov15.205157.20930@cbnewsl.att.com> Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX Lines: 25 In article <1990Nov15.205157.20930@cbnewsl.att.com> npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) writes: >I would guess a binary from a VAR would price around $500 for a 386 or Sun 3 Reality check. Most places selling DWB 2.0 based 386 binaries do so at nearly double this cost. I strongly doubt they will be providing 50% discounts with a 3.1 based release. (Please note I said "most" - there are some inexpensive troff's around too.) This, combined with earlier statements to the effect that we should throw all our non-postscript printers into the crapper, leads me to believe that either the DWB 3.1 distribution was concocted in an ivory tower, or AT&T is damned proud of this release. >University price is $1,000, so the only ones who should >be chagrined at the price are small companies who want >source. But why would you want source? I don't. But I want the people who provide my binaries to get it. And I've heard rumors to the effect that they aren't interested. -- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | We was raising insurance premiums, ma. Unicom Systems Development | We was spreading fear of arson. | - Michelle Shocked