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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: Does a Fortune reall have full Unix?
Message-ID: <108@looking.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Dec-83 12:57:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  5 12:57:38 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 9-Dec-83 08:44:36 EST
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Organization: Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ontario
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It was said by a fellow from Fortune that (naturally) their system
was the best.   Now I agree that the Fortune is one of the best buys in
a 68000 workstation right now, in terms of price and performance, but
the reason I DIDN'T buy one was because of the "Full Unix" issue.

The impression I got is that they have split Unix up into all sorts of
little packages, each priced seperately.  cc for $500 here.  nroff for
more.  multi-user for more.  uucp for more. tools for more. etc.

To get full unix you had to pay a real bundle, and the Fortune (for
a developer) no longer became the buy I thought it was.  If fortune
drops this policy, that would be great.  (They also have rediculous
price gaps between disk sizes.  Back when they still sold a 5 meg
unit, the Canadian price was $9999 for 5 megs and $13,000 for 10.
At the time, you could buy a complete 40 meg disk for $3,000, and most
disk manufacturers offered only a $500 to  $1000 increment for the extra
platter.
-- 
	Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ontario (519) 886-7304