tdxsys@dartvax.UUCP (TDX sys Mark Mullen) (02/20/85)
> Holy Salmon BatMan! $5,000 for uucp is a little too much. Please tell me it > isn't so, AT&T! I sure would pay up to $500 for the little beast but no one > around here is going to barf up $5,000. A lot of folks (managers) don't know > why the new uucp is better and I don't think I can cough up $5,000 worth of > reasons to get them to buy it. > > Why do I feel that someone somewhere is trying to *KILL* UNIX? Hell, why > screw around with a $5,000 figure, make the buzzard $500,000 or $5,000,000? > Lets charge for each and every utility; cat, grep, ed, sed, etc. Make each > one $10,000 and charge extra if you want the manual. Lets "unbundle" the > manuals, you can buy each page for $200 or any three pages for $700 or > the whole manual for only $2,000! If you throw in another $100, you get a > binder to put the manual in! > -- > Earl Wallace > UUCP: ..!{ihnp4, ucbvax!hplabs, ucbvax!twg}!pesnta!earlw > PHONE: (408) 727-5540 x230 > USMAIL: Perkin-Elmer Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. 95054 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Hell, let AT&T try it. The only reason a *highly* skilled community has not bootlegged UN*X to a great level is because it is not financially feasible. Speaking as an X system trasher, I could care less. If I can't afford the software, I'll consider *stealing* it. Seriously folks, the only one who is really hurt by gouging such as this is the naive user and the parent of the software package. However, I *do* hope that AT&T regains their senses. They don't *make* UN*X, W E D O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) (02/21/85)
>Why do I feel that someone somewhere is trying to *KILL* UNIX?
Kill UNIX? They're only trying to kill System V.....
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Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam
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