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From: bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser)
Subject: Re: wanted: UNIX or clone
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.230633.8794@unixland.uucp>
Organization: Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix
References: <1991Apr29.031654.17360@agate.berkeley.edu> <24@metran.UUCP> <1991Apr29.204310.22760@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 91 23:06:33 GMT

In article <1991Apr29.204310.22760@agate.berkeley.edu> ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) writes:
>
>Someone mentioned in a previous posting that commercial software is
>unimportant for most Esix users.  IMHO, this is only the case because
>interesting software is either expensive or unavailable.   I hardly
>ever use a spreadsheet, but when I do, I would love to be able open a
>window with EXCEL instead of sc.

I'd say it's mostly the COST factor.  If say, Lotus 123, were available
for ESIX, at a price comparable with what it costs for the DOS version,
I'd consider buying a copy (but I don't use spreadsheets "that much").
The problem is, even if they offered it for the same ($495?), there isn't
the same competetion in the Unix world as there is in the DOS world,
so I woulnd't be able to walk into my local Egghead store and say 
"I want you to beat the best price I've seen..."



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