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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: minix distribution
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Date: Sat, 5-Sep-87 04:44:45 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep  5 04:44:45 1987
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lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) wrote:
> I've been wondering, why is MINIX available mail order from PH only?
> Why wasn't it distributed and sold at computer stores?

A friend of mine runs a computer store (actually, a computer book store).
He tried to get the Minix disks from Prentice-Hall.  They would not give
him any discount from list price, so he couldn't afford to sell the disks.
(Normally items bought in quantity are discounted so the retailer can 
make money selling them at list price.)

I don't know whether P-H or Andy made this "no discounts" decision, but
that's why you have to suffer with lousy P-H mail order service, and why
you won't find your local computer store supporting Minix.
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