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- From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.sys5.r3,biz.sco.general
- Subject: Re: The Future of ESIX (was Re: PC-clone UNIX Software Buyer's Guide)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.152119.26216@compu.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 15:21:19 GMT
- References: <1993Jan15.192755.20147@compu.com> <C11w4t.8pJ@news.rn.com> <1993Jan19.220233.7524@compu.com> <C15MCA.1I6@trauma.rn.com> <C18302.1G7@siemens.com>
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- aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri) writes:
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- >>>Lets say the average system has 30 users. The full list of the OS is $1295.
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- >Uh, 30 users? Might not *1* be a more accurate figure?
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- No, that's only when you have lots of money to throw away on workstations.
- Most small businesses are not that fortunate and can only afford one computer.
- For their users they get terminals for $300 or $400.
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- Perhaps Siemens only sells workstations ala SUN and makes big bucks in the
- process like SUN, but that is not the world most of us travel in. Small
- business is still the biggest business around.
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- Fred
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