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From: mwm@raven.relay.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer)
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Subject: Re: The real OpenWindows source announcement
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Date: 19 Nov 90 16:15:58 GMT
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In-Reply-To: lcp@ibism.UUCP's message of 16 Nov 90 15:33:08 GMT

In article <12086@ibism.uucp> lcp@ibism.UUCP (Larry Poleshuck) writes:
   In article <1990Nov15.144507.22915@mcs.anl.gov>, korp@atlantis.ees.anl.gov (Peter Korp) writes:
   > charge (cost of media only -- $995).  This means that hardware and

   What media are you using -- gold-plated clay tablets?

The same stuff BSD ships their distribution on?

I don't know what's in the distribution, but if you assume that it's
about the same size as X11, then you've got 4 tapes worth of stuff.
Assuming you get a full set of documentation, you're getting about the
same set of stuff that BSD ships in their distribution. And all they
charge you is "media" charges. Last time I looked, CSRG wanted $700
for a BSD tape set. Given that CSRG was using student labor to copy
tapes, they should be noticably cheaper.

The price is very high for "free" software; especially if you're used
to microcomputer software prices. For workstation software, that's not
a high price. And it's in line with other "free" unix distributions of
similar size.

	<mike
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