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From: ns4@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (Ellisman EM Lab)
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Subject: Re: Animation Journeyman: Wayne Knapp's Reply
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Date: 7 Jun 91 04:46:09 GMT
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In article <1991Jun3.070812.11563@news.iastate.edu> skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) writes:
>     I think a lot of people here may not realize that *much* commerical
>software on larger systems, mainframes and workstations particularly, CANNOT
>BE BOUGHT!  You have to LICENCE it!  Take the DEC C compiler for VAX/VMS
>systems for example, I've heard that the software licence here at Iowa
>State costs $10000 annually, just for the C compiler.  We also have COBOL,
>BASIC, FORTRAN, and OPS5, which all have similar licences.  And that's the
>educational price.  Some Mentor Graphics software costs $50-100,000 annually!
>You should be happy that Wayne SELLS JMan rather than licencing it.
>
>					--George

The systems that run such software costs about as much, also.  And in
limited quantities (ie. much smaller numbers).
But the point of the Amiga is a low cost animation station.  To sell a
product at $500 isn't too bad, considering it could be priced at
PC and Mac versions.  Plus, from what Wayne has said, he is providing
customer support for their products for the price, which licensed products
rave.

As far as dealer's profits go, if they don't make something of it, they don't
carry it.  That's why they're in business.  Same goes for HASH.  True,
they don't have to structure their business policies towards themselvs
and more towards dealer interaction, but that's their business decision.
Whether it works or not is proven later in time.

SO LAY OFF!! :^)  If anyone doesn't like someone's personal policy,
deal with them personally, but don't have a fiasco about it, repeating
the same thing over and over on the net.  But I have to admit, I like
these conversations (flame wars?) :^P