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From: torrie@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000UX info in newest BYTE
Keywords: 3000UX GSA government Unix
Message-ID: <1990Dec1.235600.26970@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 1 Dec 90 23:56:00 GMT
References: <1990Nov26.161956.7275@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <1990Dec1.124349.19946@isis.cs.du.edu>
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bscott@isis.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) writes:

>In article <1990Nov26.161956.7275@watdragon.waterloo.edu> scfsiu@watsol.waterloo.edu (Steven C. F. Siu) writes:
>>$3899 price.  That means Commodore is not going to milk us on SVR4.
>>(I read that the several third-party UNIX on the IBM-PC costs on the order of
>>$1000, and I have this mortal fear that SVR4 is going to be similarly

>I'm told A/UX on the Apple (a port of an obsolete Unix) is closer to $2500.

  Whoever told you told you wrong...  As I look up my catalog here, it says
A/UX 2.0 on CD-ROM : $750 RRP [of course it's down below $500 for educational
purchasers].  Buying it on floppy or tape adds another $250.  It will
be interesting to see what Commodore prices their version at...



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