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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!news.byu.edu!eff!world!apl
- From: apl@world.std.com (Anthony P Lawrence)
- Subject: Re: Unix/Xwindows on a 486...Where/How much?
- Message-ID: <BtpBwB.661@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <17ed9kINNonh@early-bird.think.com> <BtKIuI.6BM@gator.rn.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:16:58 GMT
- Lines: 33
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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. For info, contact sales@dell.com
- >
- It's true, SCO is on the pricey side. So is Dell, although they are
- obviously cheaper.
-
- Sitting here, I have to run SCO because that's what my clients run.
-
- But, if that were not the case, I'd probably look for something even
- cheaper: I'd be waiting to see what happens with Destiny.
-
- Plainly, Unices are overpriced. I know, I know, Larry Michels is
- looking at his P&L and saying "B-S!". But, Destiny is coming and
- so is Windows NT (maybe). Price is an issue, and SCO and Dell and
- maybe even AT&T are going to have to face up to it and adjust... or
- die.
-
- Tony
-
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