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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000UX competition
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Date: 2 Dec 90 05:22:53 GMT
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ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug) in <12003@hubcap.clemson.edu> writes:

	I had a demo of the NeXT, I liked it.  I ended up buying an A3000 for
	various reasons.  Byte thought the Amiga very competitive.  If C= has
	brains (and suddenly they do, I mean they beat EVERYONE to sysv4
	(except Sun Im not sure of), stuck a 1000*800*4 mode in the chip set
	(isnt that ...

Please explain how you claim that C= "... beat EVERYONE to sysv4 .." when it's
not even clear you KNOW what SVR4 is all about (let alone "spell" it properly).

As the elected President of the Silicon Valley AT&T UNIX Users' Group, I "try"
to get vendors to display, explain and show-off their SV wares.

We've had some interesting demos, but none from Commodore.  But we have had
some 386- and 486-based SVR4 showings.  SVR4 is NOT as scarce as you would
lead people to believe.

Fer crissakes, I can go over to TOWER RECORDS AND BOOKS and buy the complete
set of SVR4 manuals for either the generic port or the '386/'486  version.
And the COMPUTER LITERACY bookstores in Silicon Valley have been touting the
complete set of SVR4 docs for awhile.

Other than a few postings here to the net re: pricing and anticipated delivery,
Commodore does NOT have a commercially-available SVR4 system.
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are several other vendors who DO (have commercially available SVR4 ports)
.

Check your facts.

Now, before the fires start flaming: I *NEVER* miss an opportunity to "plug"
the fact that CBM does have an SVR4 port in the works and that it's been shown
in the AT&T booths at several UNIX tradeshows!  :-)

And at the last Users' Group meeting I read aloud the net posting regarding
the CBM SVR4 Developer System at $4,995.

You shoulda heard the "OOOOOHS!" and "AHHHHHHS!" when I stated THAT price;
let's just hope the "final" price to the end-user doesn't show yet another
lack of market sensitivity and awareness on CBM's part.

CBM is more than welcome to demo the system at any of our meetings or in our
booths at the 1991 West Coast Computer Faire, the 1991 DB-EXPO, etc etc etc
Contact me via email at the address (below).  I'd need at *LEAST* 30 days'
advance notice to assure adequate coverage in the local press, other journals,
and flyers posted at local Silicon Valley/Bay Area universities and colleges.

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]