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- From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
- Subject: Re: Novell to buy USL
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.233322.27826@netcom.com>
- Organization: Messina Software
- References: <1992Dec23.181156.16486@netcom.com> <BzpuFq.2G1@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil> <X3R9VB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> <1992Dec23.170951.28195@xenitec.on.ca> <1haorvINNfek@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:33:22 GMT
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- an030@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Broward Horne) writes:
-
- >In a previous article, messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) says:
-
- >>Just to interject some sanity here - when was the last time you checked
- >>prices for UNIX software? Why don't you do that before talking about
- >>making huge amounts of money. This is the problem - UNIX will never
- >>make it to Joe Blow's desktop as long as the prices are that obscene.
- >
- > USL educational discount - $50 per machine
-
- I was talking about Joe Blow running spreadsheets and databases (no,
- not $50,000 Sybase or Oracle). So forget the educational discount,
- and also look at the prices of apps (many different kinds of apps, not
- just your favorite pet app). Write again after you recover from a
- heart attack.
-
- t.
-