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  2. From: mcdonald@CMRSD.NRL.NAVY.MIL (Patrick McDonald)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
  4. Subject: Re: VAX/VMS Pricing - Post Alpha
  5. Message-ID: <0095f603.f82b2680.30286@cmrsd.nrl.navy.mil>
  6. Date: 20 Aug 92 15:27:22 GMT
  7. Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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  11.  
  12. Mike McCurdy Says:
  13.  
  14. > ... prices for VAX hardware and VMS licensing changing in a significantly
  15. > downward direction?
  16.  
  17. Mike,
  18.  
  19.      My experience with DEC over the years is that pricing on older 
  20. product lines remains fairly sticky after a new product release.  DEC's
  21. way of strongly encouraging purchases of the new line?
  22.  
  23.                  \           BEAM ON!            \ | /
  24. -Pat           (=========)* ------------------ = *ZAP* =
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  27. | Patrick T. McDonald            |  Internet: mcdonald@cmrsd.nrl.navy.mil |
  28. | Sachs Freeman Associates       |      SPAN: cmrsd::mcdonald (11.19)     |
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  33.  
  34. "Roads?  Where we're going we don't need roads..."
  35.                 - Doc Brown
  36. "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research."
  37.                 - Argonne ATLAS
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