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- From: tdonnell@ncrsoph.Sophia.NCR.COM (Tom Donnelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.novell,misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Novell to buy USL
- Message-ID: <4230@ncrsoph.Sophia.NCR.COM>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 08:32:31 GMT
- 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>
- Reply-To: tdonnell@ncrsoph.Sophia.NCR.COM (Tom Donnelly)
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- In article <1haorvINNfek@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> 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
- >
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- Yeah, but I think the point is that for the average user - meaning
- companies ( smaller ones ) and individuals. Currently, most PC vendors
- bundle DOS and Windows WITH THEIR PACKAGES - Unix must always be bought
- seperately. And not everyone is able to take advantage of an educational
- discount.
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- >>
- >>t.
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