phil@wubios.wustl.edu (J. Philip Miller) (05/24/89)
in: > SUN-SPOTS DIGEST Saturday, 20 May 1989 Volume 7 : Issue 301 > > Below are price comparisons between a similarly configured DEC 3100 and > SUN SPARCstation 1. I found the price difference amazing. ..... I think it should be noted that the quoted prices are (I think) list prices. At least at this institution, DEC has been willing to give substantially better educational discounts than has Sun. This makes the price comparisons somewhat different. Thus a "your milage may vary" statement should have been added to the posting. -- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* J. Philip Miller - Div of Biostat - Washington Univ Medical School phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - Internet phil@wubios.wustl - bitnet (314) 362-3617 c90562jm@wuvmd - alternate bitnet
mlindsey@x102c.harris-atd.com (Lindsey MS 04396) (06/14/89)
In article <3515@kalliope.rice.edu> phil@wubios.wustl.edu (J. Philip Miller) writes: >in: >> SUN-SPOTS DIGEST Saturday, 20 May 1989 Volume 7 : Issue 301 >> Below are price comparisons between a similarly configured DEC 3100 and >> SUN SPARCstation 1. I found the price difference amazing. ..... > >I think it should be noted that the quoted prices are (I think) list prices. >At least at this institution, DEC has been willing to give substantially >better educational discounts than has Sun. This makes the price comparisons >somewhat different. Thus a "your milage may vary" statement should have been >added to the posting. Yes, your discounts may vary. When I worked in a university (FIT), we got discounts of up to %50 from DEC and %60 from SUN (although the DEC discount was technically considered a matching grant). In our corporation, we usually receive much better discounts from SUN than DEC. I'm sure almost everyone who uses SUN or DEC products receives some sort of discount from both. In my article, I clearly stated *LIST* price, which is the only consistent measure to use in an arena as large as USENET. I also think most net readers are bright enough to realize they may be able to get substantial discounts from either vendors. BTW, thanks for your article. Does anyone out there have any info on other vendor's products (e.g. HP)? "The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad" S. Dali "If the shoe fits, buy it!" Imelda Marcos. Steve Lindsey |-) uunet!x102a!mlindsey (407) 727-5893 :-) mlindsey@x102a.harris-atd.com