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From: dlw@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (David Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: X-Windows
Message-ID: <17280004@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Apr 88 19:01:36 GMT
References: <8532@apple.Apple.Com>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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in:comp.unix.aux / jackie@Apple.COM (Hernan'Jackie' Macapanpan) writes:
>Hello,
>In my reply about X-Windows availability under A/UX, I had mentioned that it
>would be available "in" the next release. X-windows under A/UX should be
>available "at the time of" the next release of A/UX.
Uh oh, I'm gettting that funny feeling again...could this mean that X will
not be bundled into A/UX, but will be yet another option one will have to 
shell out big bucks for?

You mean its not included in the update tape for A/UX that you can't buy
cause no one in California sells A/UX, but if you could buy it you couldn't
update because the tape drive is not supported?

Well lets see...

A/UX On line support $3395 a *YEAR*
A/UX updates         $750  a *YEAR*

so

X Window System  hmmmmmm $700 a YEAR?

<Sarcasm ON>

Boy, maybe the marketing department should start charging for MAC OS updates
yeah, or better still retroactively charge for updates yeah thats the ticket!

Marketing: So sir, you've owned a Mac since 1984, Finder 1.0? and you say
           you are using Finder 6.0? That will be $18,000 for support and
           another $3500 for updates please...

Customer:  Gee, you guys must be taking lessons from MicroSoft and IBM!

Newspaper: Today Apple announced record earnings of $10 billion from the
           sale of support and update charges of A/UX to universities and
           huge corporations. John S. said "Yes, we've found that we don't 
           have to develop any new software, we just port old O/S's and
           then make our money on support and services!"    

<Sarcasm OFF>

Sort of disappointing to say the least....