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From: sgf@cs.brown.edu (Sam Fulcomer)
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Subject: Re: Obtaining a unique, "unchangeable" number associated with an SGI workstation
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Date: 12 Jan 90 21:47:32 GMT
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In article <102@tachyon.UUCP> sch@tachyon.UUCP (Steven C. Holzworth) writes:
>  Looking at it from the viewpoint of a potential customer:  Is it worth it
>to invest approximately $40k-$50K to double or triple the productivity
				      ??????    ??????
>of a $40k a year engineer?  

Be realistic here; not that many engineers are still using pencils ,slide
rules and card decks. How's your product been doing since it was released?
Has there been a steady increase in sales? What's the Corps think of it?

The bottom line is that almost all software >>is<< PC software (or soon will
be) from any surivable marketing viewpoint. I certainly hope the $40-50k
includes a PI.