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- From: isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
- Subject: Re: NeXT vs Mac, Whats the difference?
- Message-ID: <1hfpdvINN30b@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 20:03:11 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.142201.17973@wam.umd.edu> <1992Dec24.212520.15988@cuug.ab.ca> <1992Dec25.143325.3711@wam.umd.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec25.143325.3711@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >
- > Unixware USER + Development : $500 + $950. < NeXtStep )$2200
-
- I don't understand why you continue to present NeXT in the most negative light
- you can. You know (as we've discussed by email) that Unixware's User version
- doesn't include such nice (and necessary to many) features like TCP/IP support
- (i.e., no ethernet) and a couple of other optional packages that will be
- standard with the user version of NS 486. For those who need these packages,
- the price for the Unixware user version is essentially identical with NS 486.
- Of course, there are some users who might want the stripped down version of
- Unixware for $500.
-
- And NS 486's announced (but not confirmed to my knowledge) prices are
- comparable to all Intel Unix packages that I've seen on a feature-by-feature
- basis. What some of these other packages offer are stripped down versions for
- less money, but when you load them up with Motif development support, your at
- the NS 486 developer version price range.
-
- Of course, all Intel Unix vendors might need to adjust their prices if the see
- Windows NT as a real competitor.
- >
- > 2. The compatibility also hasn't been determined. It probably
- > wont be as good as OS/2, which most people find "sufficient" or
- > "adequate"
-
- Upon what do you base this? Sounds like more of your NeXT negativism to me.
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