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From: trgauchat@rose.waterloo.edu (Terry Gauchat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: QNX Operating System
Keywords: operating system
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Date: 13 May 89 03:13:42 GMT
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In article <7190@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>In article <5000@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:
>>>>...costs $450.
>...
>>Our consulting comapny has been using QNX for a couple of years, and
>>it is hands down the best choice for a distributed, real-time system...
>
>So far as I can tell, QNX costs $450 or so minimum.  Could you, or
>somebody else, convince the company to sell it for $60 or so in a
>minimum configuration?  At that price I would buy it just to experiment

An excellent suggestion -- it all depends, once again, on Quantums's
marketing strategy.  They may not wish every average user to give it
a try -- that would make QNX a real MS-DOS threat!

If they had a cheaper price, then with even more users, software
producers (like Lotus, WordPerfect) would gladly prepare QNX versions
of their software, thus eliminating common user complaints with respect
to a new OS  -- and in turn more people would buy QNX ...

OS/2 has software company support, however, due to the influence of
Microsoft and IBM.

How much does IT sell for anyway?  (I guess not too much, but machine
upgrade requirements are a bigger discouragement than QNX's cost!)

With a cheaper price, Quantum may not be able to provide their
reputable super support anymore...


....
P.S. Has anyone use UNIX WordPerfect yet?  I am terribly curious!
....

Terry Gauchat
MicroCosmic Computer Services.