NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/unix/sys5/r4/950

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From: [e-mail] (Rick Schaeffer)
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Subject: Re: What is lacking in UNIX? (Re: UNIVEL MUST BE KIDDING!!!!!)
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Date: 23 Dec 92 01:27:29 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:
>In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Rick Schaeffer) writes:
>
>
>You can give Unix away for free and you won't penetrate the home PC market
>until you have
>
>    a better dos than dos
>    a better Windows than Windows

Granted.  I was assuming that Unixware does all of this (as is
reported).  It's compatibility with dos and windows is supposed to be pretty
good.

>This is OBVIOUS, OBVIOUS, OBVIOUS. And has been repeated over and over on
>the net. And yet people persist in thinking that all you need to do is lower
>Unix's price and the world will beat a path to its door.

Actually, a price of $100-$150 will cause a lot of folks just to buy it out
of curiosity (assuming that the marketing and distribution channels are working
right and that the product is easily available).  OS/2 2.0 sold quite well
initially based on just curiosity.  If it had worked as well as advertised,
the sales might well have kept right on going!  The KEY is price!  People
will buy something and give it a try if the price is low enough.  After that,
continuing sales require that the product work well, is stable, and is
compatible.  First ya got to get your foot in the door....
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