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Executor pricing (was Re: $25?)



Hi Folks,

Yes, our Linux prices are going to undercut our DOS prices, which  
already undercut our NEXTSTEP prices.  Here's the scoop:

When we finally start taking money for Executor/Linux, the rules will  
be:

	no guaranteed support

	no printed manuals

	delivery via e-mail (eventually via <serial number,
		authorization key> pair)

	$25 student price

	$50 educational (Universities, Professors, Staff) price

	$100 everyone else

	No volume discounts

	Free updates to the experimental version until 2.0 comes
		out, but you have to pick them up electronically

	The prices above are for while Executor 1.99<x> is being
		worked on.  Once 2.0 is a shipping product, we'll
		reappraise it's price.

When that happens, we'll also be lowering our NEXTSTEP prices and we  
may also adjust our DOS prices.  As it is, we plan on getting  
Executor/DOS 2.0 into our 1.x users hands cheaper than the $59 that  
we originally envisioned, since we've pared back some of the proposed  
2.0 feature set.

At this time, we do *not* know exactly what we'll do with our  
NEXTSTEP and our DOS pricing.  I'm always interested in suggestions,  
(send them to "suggestions@ardi.com"), but due to our currently high  
volume of e-mail associated with Executor/Linux, we will not  
necesarrily be able to acknowledge your pricing suggestions.

Thank you for your interest.

	--Cliff
	suggestions@ardi.com