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From: mh@wlbr.EATON.COM (Mike Hoegeman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X-Windows price for A/UX
Message-ID: <12205@wlbr.EATON.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 88 00:51:44 GMT
References: <8532@apple.Apple.Com> <2855@emory.uucp> <8682@apple.Apple.Com> <4466@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: mh@wlbr.UUCP (0000-Mike Hoegeman)
Organization: Eaton IMS, Westlake Village, CA
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Keywords: X windows A/UX

In article <4466@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
....

>I think it's funny how the "public domain" X window system usually ends
>up costing big bucks from the vendors who support it, while the
>"proprietary" NeWS system costs $100 for Suns, $225 for Macs, etc.  HP
>charges $2100 for X windows!  (You also have to buy "Arpa networking
>services" for $7500.)  At least A/UX comes with free Berkeley ......


How true!! 

I can't really figure out how people like HP can charge so much for
something like X-windows. If it cost them that much to port X 
such that they have to charge $2100 bucks then there is something wrong
with them or with X.