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- From: eric@tantalus.dell.com (Eric Youngdale)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Unix/Xwindows on a 486...Where/How much?
- Message-ID: <3441@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 19:26:46 GMT
- References: <17ed9kINNonh@early-bird.think.com> <BtKIuI.6BM@gator.rn.com>
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- In article <BtKIuI.6BM@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >philip@think.com (Philip Mucci) writes:
- >
- >> I am thinking of buying a 486, but only if it will run Unix and X
- >>windows. The other day I called an SCO dealer and they said that a fully
- >>configured software package (read: C compiler, Unix, and X - no NFS) for a
- >>single user would cost $1600.0 with student discount!! I might as well keep
- >>my amiga and buy unix for it. That's ridiculous. Could someone give me a
- >
- >yes - many of us agree. Why go with SCO 3.2 when SVR4 4.0 is available
- >and includes X11R5, NFS, TCP, full development, unlimited user, etc for
- >$1500.
-
- Or you could put Linux on your system for free, which has X11R5,
- TCP(just went into beta), GNU C, and unlimited users.
-
- -Eric
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- Eric Youngdale
- eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil
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