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From: kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed
Message-ID: <1626@msa3b.UUCP>
Date: 1 May 91 19:31:40 GMT
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bchin@umd5.umd.edu (Bill Chin) writes:

>In article <1991Apr26.211100.7830@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
>>The absolute best way to guarantee acceptance of any version of OS/2 is      
>>to bring the price in line with competitive OS's.  If OS/2, MSC, and SDK     
>>were $400, total, it'd sell like proverbial hotcakes.                        

>Okay:
>*r = retail price, *s = "street" price, or what one would expect to pay,
>*e = edu price, and ~ means best guess.
>Prices from vendors in latest PC Rag and local campus computer store.
>All below probably "need" a 386 w/ 4mb RAM and 60mb HD's.

> OS/2 Dev cost:
>		OS/2 SE 1.3	$150 *r		~$90 *e
>		MS-C 6.0	$300 *s		$265 *e
>		OS/2 SDK	~$400 *s 	$350 *e
>		-----------
>		total:		$850		$705 edu

> Windows Dev cost:
>		DOS 4.0		$75 *s		$75 *s
>		Windows 3.0	$90 *s		$80 *e
>		MS-C 6.0	$300 *s		$265 *e
>		MS Windows SDK	$325 *s		$260 *e
>		-----------
>		total:		$790		$680 edu
>                                                         
> Alt Win Dev cost:
>		DOS 3.3		$60 *s
>		Windows 3.0	$90 *s
>		Borland C++	$325 *s 
>		-----------
>		total:		$475  (edu pricing N/A)

 Alt Win Dev cost:
		DOS 3.3				$60 *s
		Windows 3.0			$80 *e <<
		Borland C++			$95 *e <<
		--------------------------------------
		TOTAL (with ed prices)		$235 edu

In fact, DOS 3.x is often bundled with a clone, at no additional charge,
giving an effective educational price for Win development at $175.
-- 
Kevin Kleinfelter @ DBS, Inc (404) 239-2347   ...gatech!nanoVX!msa3b!kevin
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