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- From: an030@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Broward Horne)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.novell,misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Novell to buy USL
- Date: 26 Dec 1992 20:49:03 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, tdonnell@ncrsoph.Sophia.NCR.COM (Tom Donnelly) says:
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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
- >>
- >
- > Yeah, but I think the point is that for the average user - meaning
- >companies ( smaller ones ) and individuals. Currently, most PC vendors
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- Yes, but on the other hand, how many individuals are looking for
- Unix capabilities? Novell is seeding the future with their discount
- on Netware, just like Apple. I see the USL as the same situation.
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- >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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