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- From: aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri)
- Subject: Re: What is lacking in UNIX? (Re: UNIVEL MUST BE KIDDING!!!!!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.004614.18401@siemens.com>
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- Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton (Plainsboro), NJ
- References: <id.89SV.GJ8@ferranti.com> <68@nearside.UUCP> <1992Dec19.010713.23959@isc-br.isc-br.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 00:46:14 GMT
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- >They could sell many thousands of copies at $150 and take over the
- >home PC market.
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- Way back when Turbo Pascal/C first came out I figured that vendors would
- finally figure it out, but many haven't. I once worked for a company with
- an outstanding product, but who pretty much priced themselves out of existence.
- They charged differently for different *models* of machine. A license for a
- Sun 3/50 cost less than a license for a 3/60, for example, and they all cost
- outrageously.
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