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- From: robert@gollum.cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Robert Ruge)
- Newsgroups: aus.sun-works
- Subject: Re: SPARC Classic edu pricing
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 02:01:44 GMT
- Organization: Department of Comp/Maths - Deakin University
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- In article <peterj.722160609@infs1>, peterj@swanee.ee.uwa.oz.au (Peter E. Jones) writes:
- |> Has anyone got any joy out of Sun on how they have arrived at their
- |> Australian discounted (sic) price for the Classic? In the US
- |> the list price for the Classic is U$4,295 and edu at U$3,356.
- |> The Oz price of A$8,500 hardly makes it competitive with other choices.
- |>
- |> --
- |> Peter Jones .-_!\ Phone: +61 9 380 3100
- |> Electrical & Electronic Eng / \ Fax: +61 9 380 1065
- |> University of Western Australia --->> P_.-._/
- |> NEDLANDS, Western Australia 6009 o E-mail: peterj@swanee.uwa.oz.au
-
- Agreed. This is supposed to be the extra low cost colour system but in
- fact we have been able to purchase a colour IPC for a lower cost for at
- least the last six months. I know that our dollar is down to .78US but
- a 250% markup is ridiculous. One point is that the US$3,356 is for the 15"
- colour system which SUN OZ does not seem to be supporting so that would
- add $1,000 to the cost.
-
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- Robert Ruge ACSNET: robert@cm.deakin.oz.au
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