mike@tuvie (Inst.f.Techn.Informatik) (09/13/90)
In article <5918@uceng.UC.EDU> juber@uceng.UC.EDU (james uber) writes: >Here are some simple tips for others, like me, who are thrust into the >world of HP/Apollo workstation sales with little guidance or preparation. >Some of these comments apply only to University purchases. > >3. HP/Apollo offers all its compilers (all proprietary software?) to >Universities at a 90% discount. I mention this to you because my sales rep >did not know about it. Is this also true for non-US sites? We are once again having problems with our sales rep who only wants to give us a 75% discount :-(. bye, mike ____ ____ / / / / / Michael K. Gschwind mike@vlsivie.at / / / / / Technical University, Vienna mike@vlsivie.uucp ---/ Voice: (++43).1.58801 8144 e182202@awituw01.bitnet / Fax: (++43).1.569697 ___/
wjw@eba.eb.ele.tue.nl (Willem Jan Withagen) (09/13/90)
In article <1813@tuvie> mike@tuvie.UUCP (Inst.f.Techn.Informatik) writes: >In article <5918@uceng.UC.EDU> juber@uceng.UC.EDU (james uber) writes: >> >>3. HP/Apollo offers all its compilers (all proprietary software?) to >>Universities at a 90% discount. I mention this to you because my sales rep >>did not know about it. > >Is this also true for non-US sites? We are once again having problems with our >sales rep who only wants to give us a 75% discount :-(. > (NOTE: This holds only if it's for educational purposes) Here in Holland your milage may vary. On compilers we get 90%, making it almost cheaper to buy new ones instead of getting a support contract. Then there's things like DSEE, DPCI, and other Apollo stuff. Depending on the desire to get this type of software on a University, we get different amounts of discount (75%,50%,38%). And buying things like NFS which is really foreign software just gets the regular discount (38%). (NOTE2: Don't take me for your local sales rep, I quote from memory. And that's very volatile since it collided with some stones yesterdag, Doing 35 km/hour, while racing on my bike, I got caught in someone else his wheel. So now I'm working from home) Willem Jan Eindhoven University of Technology DomainName: wjw@eb.ele.tue.nl Digital Systems Group, Room EH 10.10 BITNET: ELEBWJ@HEITUE5.BITNET P.O. 513 Tel: +31-40-473401 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands