Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!utah-cs!utah-gr!stride!l5comp!scotty From: scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Sun NeWS on the Amiga Message-ID: <302@l5comp.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Jul-87 01:43:44 EDT Article-I.D.: l5comp.302 Posted: Sat Jul 25 01:43:44 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 00:52:34 EDT References: <478@sbcs.UUCP> <1386@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <3577@well.UUCP> <23815@sun.uucp> <3599@well.UUCP> Reply-To: scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner) Organization: L5 Computing, Edmonds, WA Lines: 24 Summary: Is it really $100??? In article <3599@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >In article <23815@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >>Sun sells the NeWS binary tape for Sun 3's for $100, what did you pay for >>Dpaint? >> > Ooops! I didn't know it was this reasonable. I seem to have this >mindset that anything associated with UNIX has to be over-priced. Leo, he says it's $100 "for Suns"... This brings a few questions to my mind: 1. Can I buy News from Sun on a cartridge for $100 if I don't intend to use it on a Sun 3??? ie do I need a Sun 3 serial #? 2. Is $100 the single copy price or is that a quantity/dealer price? 3. Is the binary complete or do I need to have NFS etc as well? 4. And you're right Leo, just about everything is overpriced for un*x. Mainly because noone believes that only one person will be using software at a site since a un*x machine is inherently multi-user. But if news is only $100 how much are the manuals? :) If un*x software is expensive you should see what everyone wants for manuals! Scott Turner -- UUCP-stick: stride!l5comp!scotty | If you want to injure my goldfish just make UUCP-auto: scotty@l5comp.UUCP | sure I don't run up a vet bill. GEnie: JST | "The bombs drop in 5 minutes" R. Reagan Disclaimer? I own L5 Computing. Isn't \8[54 'D^*?\*