gfr@cobra.mitre.org (Glenn Roberts) (04/19/89)
> What do the rest of you SunSpot readers think [of SunWrite/SunDraw]? > Do you think that the packages are "the wave of the future" and > a sure sign that Sun is continuing their dominance in the workstation > marketplace? ... Or is it a sign that Sun is muddying the waters > and isn't really sure who their target market is anymore? A couple thoughts here ... 1) I think there is a role for a good, low cost graphics/text package from Sun. Although we have a good number of Suns in my group now and they're starting to be heavily used, every time someone needs to do a briefing they run to find a Macintosh with MacDraw and Power Point. (Until recently you could buy an entire Mac for the cost of one text/graphics software package for the Sun.) 2) these products should have been bundled as one - most people are going to buy all three anyway and competitors like Frame and Publisher essentially have all three. 3) Sun needs to cut the price or use floating licensing - Mike Louden tells me that he has 7 floating licenses for Publisher serving 23 people in his department. Sun's stuff is single-cpu licensed (and it checks the ROM too in order to enforce this! First time I've seen a Sun product do this.) - Glenn Roberts, The MITRE Corp., McLean VA (703) 883-6820 gfr@cobra.mitre.org
mlindsey@x102c.harris-atd.com (Lindsey MS 04396) (05/06/89)
gfr@cobra.mitre.org (Glenn Roberts) writes: >> What do the rest of you SunSpot readers think [of SunWrite/SunDraw]? > > these products should have been bundled as one Stop me if I'm wrong, but I thought the list price for SUN Write, SUN Draw, and SUN Paint was $995. While this isn't cheap, it certainly is within reason. >From what I've seen, they appear to be nice products. I am looking forward to having them on my desktop. Steve Lindsey |-) uunet!x102a!mlindsey (407) 727-5893 :-) mlindsey@x102a.harris-atd.com