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- From: kk881595@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (kevin knappmiller)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: Telnetting to a PC (with reply to FLAMES)
- Message-ID: <Aug12.174956.30826@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 17:49:56 GMT
- References: <Bsvost.J2L@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
- Sender: news@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (News Account)
- Reply-To: kk881595@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu
- Organization: Engineering College, Colorado State University
- Lines: 38
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- I replied:
-
- >> If you are willing to pay some money and want a little more than
- >> this you should check out DesqView/X. It might be more than
- >> you need or cost more than you want to pay, even though the
- >> price in September 'might' be acceptable to many of us.
-
- >
- > Yes, I quite agree, and we already have a copy, but in addition to
- > the Desqview/X you need Quarterdeck's TCP/IP Manager, AND the FTP
- > kernel (or soon a TCP/IP kernel from Novell...). This just about
- > triples the price; we're talking very serious bucks, and we ARE
- > eventually going to have several systems running DVX, but for our
- > typical low-budget NCSA Telnet user the economics make no sense.
- > Also there are much more limited applications than would warrant
- > shelling out the big bucks. I think Quarterdeck made a serious mistake in
- > going for the Novell market instead of the TCP/IP world.
- >
-
- I agree with you, and posted numerous flames myself. As a response
- a Quarterdeck representative called me and talked for quite a while.
-
- I doubt that the TCP/IP version will ever sell for less than the other versions
- primarily due to more licensing costs, but it appears that once the Novell
- kernel is bundled in that previous Quarterdeck users can get the whole
- thing for about $200 until the special offer runs out. The street price
- should be about $300. That's still more than NCSA Telnet, but it's in the
- range that I think far more people are willing to pay. (At least for use
- on some machines. We too will probably continue to use NCSA Telnet
- on most of the PC's, but for the newer machines with sufficient
- graphics capability I think it's got a lot of potential.)
-
- It's too bad that Quarterdeck missed the boat with their TCP/IP release,
- but that's the nature of the game when lawyers get involved. I think
- they will try to make up for it. (The problem may be you early birds
- who paid over $500 and aren't real happy about it.)
-
- Kevin
-