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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: UNIX Futures
Message-ID: <2415@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 5-Apr-86 23:21:33 EST
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In article <1081@psivax.UUCP> friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:
>Not everyone can afford fancy stuff like BLIT's and SUN's.

Teletype 5620 DMDs go for around $4000 last I looked.
(Each host system also needs to license some software
at a few thousand per system.)  When you consider the
"overhead" cost of supporting professional employees,
which is typically about twice their salaries, there
is no good excuse for companies not investing a modest
amount in productivity improvement tools.