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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Jobs in Boston
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Date: 4 Dec 90 17:06:00 GMT
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> The price of the processor alone is $595 in quantities of 1000. So the
> upgrade is quite cheap.

If I were Steve Jobs, I would negotiate a cheaper price based on the
fact that (1) Sun has dropped the 680x0 line of computers, (2) I am
launching a new workstation, which is exceedingly difficult, and am
not yet profitable, and (3) I have the potential to purchase 100,000
CPUs / year within the next 4 years.

Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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