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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:01:38 GMT
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- papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod) writes:
-
- >>How much is NT projected to cost?
-
- >NT will be priced to SELL. It depends on the competition at the time. Right
- >now Bill Gates is sweating about OS/2, so it will probably be in the$200-$300
- >range.
-
- Yes, but when will it be available ? Solaris 2.0 will be ready by then.
-
- >>Support and handholding comes free on the net. I'm seeing a number of
- >>places in trade magazines that offer support for Linux and BSD:
- >>installation, troubleshooting, consulting, and so on. So you get the
- >>OS for free and pay a small fee for support. Competitive, at least.
-
- >Huh? What net? I've never heard of the net? I just want to get a computer
- >to run my carpentry business on, and this guy tells me to get a modem
- >and a TCP/IP connection? Huh? Whadda ya mean?
-
- Then buy UnixWorld magazine, look at the ads.
- There's "Ready-to-Run Software, Inc." which will deliver all those
- publicly available software. They even have 1-800 numbers.
- (That's just an example).
-
-
- >I dont' know how many times I've told people, "Yes, Telix/Telemate/4dos/pkzip
- >is shareware, but it's actually GOOD." and they look at me with an "Who are
- >you kidding" look. If nobody makes a profit from it, nobody has to improve
- >it. Worse, if nobody's survival depends on it, it never has to be upgraded.
-
- Which remind me of articles I read in comp.lang.perl, that some guy
- didn't want to use perl just because it's not a commercial software.
-
- It's strange, but I found several share/freeware, pd, and gnu programs
- to bet better supported. Look at perl....
- If Joe User prefers a comercial program why not go with SCO or NeXTstep.
-
- -- budi
- --
- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
-