Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!uwm.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!rutgers!cbmvax!diamond From: diamond@cbmvax.commodore.com (Howard Diamond - Ed Marketing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Oh, yeah, about the A3000/UX questions... Message-ID: <16134@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 29 Nov 90 13:38:37 GMT References: <2274@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Reply-To: diamond@cbmvax.commodore.com (Howard Diamond - Ed Marketing) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 37 In article <2274@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes: >In <4831@dogie.macc.wisc.edu>, lipo@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Pat Lipo) writes: >>Hello, again.... >> >> One question which I stupidly omitted, which was the underlying theme of >>everything I was asking... >> >>--Should I buy an A3000 NOW or should I wait, as it seems there is a lot >>happening in the Amiga world right now. If I can upgrade to UNIX >>easily but it won't be available for a long time, I'd just as soon buy a 3000 >>now and get crackin'! I guess what I want to know is if it's a good idea, >>seeing as I plan to get UNIX anyway, and may get a good price on the package? > >There is always a lot happening in the Amiga world. If things are not actually >happening, they are just about to, or scheduled to, or have been previewed or >rumored or whatever. > >A 3000UX is just a handy bundle of Amiga bits and some software, so if you want >a 3000, and you want Unix, you may as well buy now as later. Of course your >mileage may vary, if CBM happens to market the Unix separately at a >ridiculously high price, or if they only offer the bundle, but I don't think >that will happen. Me neither.... You will be able to buy UNIX from Commodore for your A3000 after the formal product launch. -- Howard S. Diamond Director of Education, Commodore Business Machines 1200 Wilson Drive West Chester, Pa, 19380 diamond@cbmvax.commodore.com 215-431-9142 MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND!! AMIGA!