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- Subject: Re: PC Unix/Xenix vendors
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- From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:02:04 GMT
- Reply-To: rmkhome!rmk@merk.com (Rick Kelly)
- Message-ID: <9301272102.06@rmkhome.UUCP>
- References: <1993Jan21.180850.16433@compu.com> <C1D9uo.BuE@ddsw1.mcs.com> <1993Jan26.222549.9231@compu.com>
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- In article <1993Jan26.222549.9231@compu.com> fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home) writes:
- >karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
- >
- >>>SCO UNIX costs $1295. Where do I buy the same thing for $431 retail? That is
- >>>1/3 the cost isn't it?
- >
- >>Ok Fred, what is IN that SCO Unix which you get for $1295?
- >
- >An operating system to run whatever application(s) the customer desires for as
- >many users as he wishes.
- >
- >He is not interested in all the neat toys that a Larry or a Karl want to play
- >with as developers.
- >
- >As was pointed out there is no product on the market that can do the same for
- >1/3 the cost. The user also has the option to upgrade to an MPX environment as
- >his need requires so that he can add even more users. It should be pointed out
- >there is no other product that provides the same option.
-
- Of course, MPX has it's own interesting problems.
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- Rick Kelly rmkhome!rmk@merk.com merk!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
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