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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: AT&T and the 3B*2
Message-ID: <2707@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 18:17:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 11 18:17:24 1984
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>From: elh@edison.UUCP Fri Jun  8 09:50:14 1984
>Our local ATT-IS rep stated that one could get all the packages
>that would be necessary to make up a "full" UNIX for a total of
>about $1000.

If this is true, I think the squawking about unblundling is premature.
Try to get that mush software running under MS-DOS on a PC for a
significant amount less.

Consider also that this opens things up to non-AT&T suppliers of
tools who could very well undercut even this price.

D Gary Grady
Duke University Computation Center, Durham, NC  27706
(919) 684-4146
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