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From: phd@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Paul Dietz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A/UX cost
Keywords: A/UX Unix FullWriter
Message-ID: <865@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>
Date: 13 Feb 88 16:12:36 GMT
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In article <2489@tekig4.TEK.COM> bradn@tekig4.UUCP (Bradford Needham) writes:
>In article <1406@csib.csi.UUCP> jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) writes:
>>A/UX... comes preconfigured on either an internal ($4,879)
>>or an external ($5,549) ... upgrade package....
>
>I'm constantly amazed at Apple's marketing sense of humor.
>Haven't they priced Sun's lately?

I wonder if the powers-that-be realize just how much they have priced
themselves out of the UNIX market?  I gather that I wasn't alone in
my vision of buying a MacII so as to ultimately run UNIX. But, I believe
it is now cheaper to SELL my MacII and buy a Sun rather than just
"upgrade". And with things like the NeXT machine coming RSN, Apple
just might be in for a rude awakening.

Apple, you messed up.

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