Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!milano.sw.mcc.com!uudell!bigtex!dell!baldur!dcm From: dcm@baldur.dell.com (Dave McCracken) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Upgrades from anybody's UNIX 3.2 to ESIX 4.0 available Message-ID: Date: 23 Apr 91 15:00:15 GMT References: <1991Apr19.183905.29992@techbook.com> <28121B9C.32A3@telly.on.ca> Sender: @dell.dell.com Organization: Dell Computer Corporation, Austin, Texas 78759-7299 Lines: 22 kayvan@satyr.UUCP (Kayvan Sylvan) writes: >In article <28121B9C.32A3@telly.on.ca> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes: > It's an addition, not a change. Like the situation with ESIX 3.2, > you *cannot* upgrade within ESIX 4.0 from, say, two-user to unlimited, > or to add the development system at a later date. This policy has not > charged. >Does anyone know what the real difference is between the 2-user and >unlimited versions? Yes. There is a price difference in the royalty the sellers of the binary license have to pay AT&T. There is a real restriction on how many logins you can run on the machine. Dell does sell unlimited-user upgrades for its 2-user SVR4. They are $299.00, the difference between our $995 2-user price and our $1295 unlimited-user price. -- Dave McCracken dcm@dell.dell.com (512) 343-3720 Dell Computer 9505 Arboretum Blvd Austin, TX 78759-7299