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- From: lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Apostolos Lytras)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.133433.21809@ifi.unizh.ch>
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- References: <1992Nov11.223818.323@global.hacktic.nl> <BxnyvL.FK1@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992Nov18.001148.2448@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:34:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.001148.2448@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- >rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:
- >>> - how much is the difference between a DOS/Windows app and a comparable
- >>> UNIX app? (Ok, let the flames come in! :)))
- >>I am not sure what you mean by that ?
- >Sorry that I was very unclear. I ment the price.
-
- Well, let's see:
-
- (let's take book editing software for an example)
-
- FrameMaker: about $3000 (if I convert the swiss price to US$, might be
- less in the US, however)
-
- You get almost the same under UNIX from
-
- Emacs & TeX: $0 (maybe you'll have to add media cost)
-
- Or take some table editing programs (spreadsheets), that offer macros:
-
- Excel: well.... $500?
- Perl: $0
-
- Maybe you start to understand now why I just *love* UNIX... it just
- compares favorably with DOS, and I don't give a **** about
- "user-friendly" interfaces which seem to be in the way all the time (to
- the experienced user, at least).
-
- Did you ever look at what the cost is for adding your DOS/Windows-PC to
- a network? What a bunch of different hard- and software you need to get
- this to work? Well... it was all built into my UNIX box, and it worked.
- This is what I call user-friendliness.
-
- Cheers
- - A.
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- lytras@ifi.unizh.ch | Apostolos Lytras
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