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From: palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Microport Sys V.4
Message-ID: <1990Nov19.165802.23920@fiver>
Date: 19 Nov 90 16:58:02 GMT
References: <2329@sixhub.UUCP>
Organization: Fiver Communications, Fremont, Ca
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From article <2329@sixhub.UUCP>, by davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr):
> In article <301@srchtec.UUCP> mra@srchtec.uucp (Michael Almond) writes:
> | Someone was creating a list of Unix's and here is some info on Microport's:
> | 
> | Their system is called "System V/4 Formula One".
> | 
> | 		2-user	Unlimited
> | Runtime	$500	$1000
> | Complete	$1500	$2000
> 
> The price quoted for Dell was $1100 2 user, $1300 unlimited. It includes
> everything, compilers, X, GNU software, pbm, SLIP, name it.

   According to the prices above the difference from TWO USER to UNLIMITED
with Microport is 500.00 and the same difference for Dell's is only 200.00.
Why is does Microport users pay more for the unlimited version?

---Bob

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