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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!overload.lbl.gov!dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!sdcc12!xm9
  2. From: xm9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (richard g. adair)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
  4. Subject: Re: monitor for HP730 HP-UX8.07
  5. Summary: Bundled Software
  6. Keywords: Costs
  7. Message-ID: <37792@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
  8. Date: 8 Sep 92 01:56:48 GMT
  9. References: <16600018@hprpcd.rose.hp.com> <37752@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <1992Sep7.183812.1696@88opensi.88open.ORG>
  10. Sender: news@sdcc12.ucsd.edu
  11. Organization: Arete Associates, San Diego
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  13. Nntp-Posting-Host: sdcc12.ucsd.edu
  14.  
  15. In article <1992Sep7.183812.1696@88opensi.88open.ORG> sartin@88opensi.UUCP (Rob Sartin) writes:
  16. > ... About Glance PLUS ...
  17. >But seriously, what is the advantage of having tools that not everyone
  18. >wants "bundled"?  Remember that what that means is that people who don't
  19. >want it also pay for it, not that people who do want it don't pay
  20. >for it.
  21.  
  22. Some tools can and should be unbundled, such as compilers.  Some
  23. tools, necessary for the system to work properly, should be bundled
  24. in, at least with a support contract.  How many time should one pay
  25. to repair a problem system?
  26.  
  27. Tony Burzio
  28. Arete Associates
  29. San Diego, CA
  30.