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From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Why not use Unix Word Perfect and forget about Vpix?
Message-ID: <1991May08.190232.24333@nstar.rn.com>
Date: 8 May 91 19:02:32 GMT
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Organization: NSTAR, Indiana's LARGEST BBS 219-289-0287/317-251-7391
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neal@mnopltd.UUCP writes:

>If you don't mind spending endless hours on hold on the phone at YOUR cost...
>Or do they now have a toll-free number for unix?

nope - the call is still own your dime

>->Single user WP for UNIX is the same price as single user WP DOS.  Support,

>Say what? $1000 = $250?  I am missing something?

Merisel shows WP 5.1 for dos as $250, and WP 5.0 for Interactive
Unix for $231 (these are dealer prices - single user releases)

>I also agree that WP for unix ain't an awful product, although it is their
>bastard child at present. 

if you want something bastardized - look at stuff for an operating
system called QNX!

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      Larry Snyder, NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287/317-251-7391
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