nolan@tssi.UUCP (Michael Nolan) (03/05/91)
According to my NCR salesrep, there ie a 'special promotional price' for upgrading a Tower/450 from V.2 to V.3. V.2 licensed before August 1, 1988: $900 V.2 licensed after August 1, 1988: $505 Media, copying, and shipping are extra. (Around $125 according to recent posts to this newsgroup.) This Migration Credit Program is available until March 22, 1991, after which customers must relicense UNIX at the standard price. (There was supposedly an offer from NCR Columbia during 1990 to upgrade to V.3 for considerably less, but coincidently enough my NCR rep never heard of it.) I suspect this program applies to other Tower users as well. Any comments? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Nolan "Software means never having Tailored Software Services, Inc. to say you're finished." Lincoln, Nebraska (402) 423-1490 --J. D. Hildebrand in UNIX REVIEW UUCP: tssi!nolan (or try sparky!dsndata!tssi!nolan) Internet: nolan@helios.unl.edu (if you can't get the other address to work)
dougw@fdls.odag.or.gov (Doug Walker) (03/06/91)
In <1995@tssi.UUCP> nolan@tssi.UUCP (Michael Nolan) writes: >According to my NCR salesrep, there ie a 'special promotional price' >for upgrading a Tower/450 from V.2 to V.3. >V.2 licensed before August 1, 1988: $900 >V.2 licensed after August 1, 1988: $505 >This Migration Credit Program is available until March 22, 1991, >after which customers must relicense UNIX at the standard price. >(There was supposedly an offer from NCR Columbia during 1990 to upgrade >to V.3 for considerably less, but coincidently enough my NCR rep never >heard of it.) >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Michael Nolan "Software means never having >Tailored Software Services, Inc. to say you're finished." >Lincoln, Nebraska (402) 423-1490 --J. D. Hildebrand in UNIX REVIEW >UUCP: tssi!nolan (or try sparky!dsndata!tssi!nolan) >Internet: nolan@helios.unl.edu (if you can't get the other address to work) Interesting. Some time ago an NCR Rep gave me a 'special promotional price' of around $1,200 for the upgrade on a 32/650 with an availability date through approximately 12/15/90. I have no monies to even consider an upgrade until 7/1/91. What's your guess of pricing at that time? A 'special promotional offer' of $500 with an availability date through 12/15/91? With the inevitable cease of production of the Tower line coming your way, I would think this upgrade would become "down right affordable" for those that patiently wait :-). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doug Walker uunet!fdls!dougw -or- dougw@fdls.odag.or.gov Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, Oregon (503) 378-3790
ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare) (03/07/91)
In article <1995@tssi.UUCP> tssi!nolan writes: >According to my NCR salesrep, there ie a 'special promotional price' >for upgrading a Tower/450 from V.2 to V.3. > Fans of the 'conspiracy theory' may mischievously ask if : 1. Is V.2 about to become 'functionally stabilised' ( that means dropped for non-IBM'ers) ? 2. Are NCR tring to cut support overheads ? 3. How much will NCR pay you to forego the support you payed for of V.2 and use V.3 ?? Actually I , of course , see it as a once in a lifetime offer from the warm and generous NCR :-) !! Seriously I'd recommend anyone to go for V.3 especially if they want to network. -- Ian Spare , iT , Barker Lane , CHESTERFIELD , DERBYS , S40 1DY , GREAT BRITAIN E-mail : ian@ukpoit.uucp - VOICE : +44 246 214296 - FAX : +44 246 214353
paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood) (03/07/91)
In article <1991Mar6.223016.867@ukpoit.co.uk> ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare) writes: >3. How much will NCR pay you to forego the support you payed for of V.2 and ^^^^^ paid :-) >Seriously I'd recommend anyone to go for V.3 especially if they want to >network. But, Ian, they will probably need some more memory, which NCR will sell you of course. I do like to tell our NCR salesman the price I paid for extra memory for my MacPlus! Yes, I know that you should not compare prices like this, but it is a good idea to keep salesmen on their toes :-). -- Paul Wood | UUCP Mail: paul@ukpoit.co.uk | iT: The Information iT (Unix Group) | Bang-Style: ...!ukc!ukpoit!paul | Technology Business of Barker Lane | Voice: +44 246 214256 | the UK Post 0ffice Chesterfield | FAX: +44 246 214353 |