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From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Thinking about buying UNIX for home, be careful w/ Dell
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.184627.2681@nstar.rn.com>
Date: 21 Jun 91 18:46:27 GMT
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bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) writes:

>Does the $1K DELL product come with an unlimited user license, as
>opposed to the 2-user license on the $395 ESIX product?  I think if you

1295 unlimited / 995 limited

>compare apples to apples, they are almost the same price.  The DELL 

not really considering that Dell SVR4 comes with DOS support (what
is that  - another $300 for ESIX SVR4 users?  And don't forget the
fact that if you want VPIX with ESIX SVR4 you need to find another
vendor - so in case of problems - the VPix vendor can blame it on
the UNIX - and visa-versa


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