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From: rob@uokmax.UUCP (Robert K. Shull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A/UX cost
Keywords: A/UX Unix FullWriter
Message-ID: <1050@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 88 20:08:10 GMT
References: <1406@csib.csi.UUCP> <2489@tekig4.TEK.COM> <865@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <1675@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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In article <1675@ssc-vax.UUCP> benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) writes:
>In article <865@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>, phd@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Paul Dietz) writes:
>> In article <2489@tekig4.TEK.COM> bradn@tekig4.UUCP (Bradford Needham) writes:
>> >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
>I believe this is just beginning of Apple's attempt into the Unix market
>but somehow it is not convincing.  I bought a Sun 3/60...
	Why assume that Apple's policy is never going to change? They were
already discussing changes in availability/pricing at Uniforum. Your making a
judgment less than a week after the product announcement.
	Also, Sun's version of Unix still has major problems after years of
upgrades, especially with networking. The networking code in A/UX can
do things that are not currently possible with Sun's.
	Also, consider support. Sun is fine if you're with a major company or
university (someone who purchase hundreds of machines), but support is
extremely expensive for an individual. Unless Apple departs from their
usual policies, support will be tolerable (expensive compared to most
personal computers, very inexpensive compared to most professional machines)
Anyway, good luck with your Sun. 
	Robert
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Robert K. Shull
University of Oklahoma, Engineering Computer Network
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