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From: bills@mcrware.UUCP (Bill Shepard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: os9000 prices
Keywords: 80386 680x0 OS9000
Message-ID: <1446@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 90 00:07:54 GMT
References: <1697@esquire.UUCP> <1990Jan2.224410.13721@i-core.UUCP> <7728@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: bills@mcrware.UUCP (Bill Shepard)
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
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OS-9000 is the next generation of OS-9. Being a superset of OS-9 it maintains
the same general architecture and is mostly source-level compatible. The main
difference is that OS-9 is written in 68K assembly code, OS-9000 is written
95% in C, 5% in processor-specific assembly code.  This will allow us to
recompile OS-9000 to other platforms (68020/030 and 80386 currently, other
popular RISC and CISC chips as the market dictates) with much less effort.

When comparing prices of OS-9000/68020(30) and OS-9000/80386, please be aware
that there is only a difference in the prices of our Development Paks
(pre-configured for a specific machine). OS-9000 for a Compaq (or compatible)
386-based machine is $995. OS-9000 for a Motorola 147 is from $2250 to $2500,
and for a Motorola 133 is $1750.  The price for licensing OS-9000 does not
depend on the microprocessor. The price of the OS-9000 Development Pak is
generally related to the cost of the machine it runs on - a 386 AT is much
less expensive than a Motorola 133 or 147 VME-based system, and the pricing
of our OS-9000 Development Paks reflects that.  Please don't take pricing as
any sort of a statement of politics concerning Motorola and Intel.

Bill Sheppard
Technical Sales Representative
Microware Systems Corporation