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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.221901.235@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:19:01 GMT
- References: <Bx5oJz.rI@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <Bx6CD6.BuF@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Nov6.114310.6436@global.hacktic.nl> <BxD53L.37n@unix.amherst.edu>
- Organization: Global Village 1
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- twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov6.114310.6436@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
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- >>SCO is much, much more expensive than $300.
- >How much is NT projected to cost?
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- Who said that NT was meeting the requerments of a real OS??? :-) I guess it
- can't be much more expensive, it has to compete with OS/2 v2.0, Solaris 2.0,
- etc.
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- >Support and handholding comes free on the net.
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- The net itself is an expensive 'thing'. Besides, who is going to hold the
- stupid user's hand when his newssetup is f*cked up???
-
- >installation, troubleshooting, consulting, and so on. So you get the
- >OS for free and pay a small fee for support. Competitive, at least.
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- I agree, however I haven't seen such a service in Europe... yet.
-
- Greetings,
- Peter Busser
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