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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Is 4MB Enough for Interactive?
Message-ID: <3104@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 91 20:16:20 GMT
References: <1913@fallst.UUCP> <1991Feb02.003328.17486@virtech.uucp> <1991Feb5.005235.6720@ico.isc.com>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <1991Feb5.005235.6720@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:

| Another perspective: note that $200 is about a 15% increment on the
| hardware price of a basic 386 UNIX machine.

  But if you pay for the software, it a lot smaller part of the system
price. UNIX costs more to run than MS-DOS or CP/M, but it's worth it.

  Also, if your time is worth anything, you will find the 4MB pays for
itself. 
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
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