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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Bell Tech Pricing
Keywords: Advertising Pranks
Message-ID: <1850@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jul 88 17:37:11 GMT
References: <294@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> <236@belltec.UUCP> <6475@bcsaic.UUCP>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Organization: Wimsey Associates, Vancouver, BC.
Lines: 27

In article <6475@bcsaic.UUCP> paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) writes:
}In article <236@belltec.UUCP> dar@belltec.UUCP (Dimitri Rotow) writes:
}>In article <294@gandalf.littlei.UUCP>, martin@littlei.UUCP (martin) writes:
}you've unbundled the pricing so corporate buyers can save kilobucks, but
}your ad doesn't make it clear that $145 doesn't buy me anything useful.  I
}prefer dealing with vendors who are straight with me, rather than
}squirming around on the price.
}
}Paul Allen
}
}[It just occurred to me that, since Bell Tech is willing to sell me just
}a license, I should be able to copy a friend's floppies and
}documentation.  That would give me a licensed running complete Unix for
}$145, just like the ad says!  1/2 :-) ]

That's right. 

And you can run down to your local computer literate book store and pick up
the Prentice Hall manuals.

So Bell Tech is indeed offerring a fairly innovative service by selling you
exactly what you need instead of forcing you to purchase a bundled package
with stuff you don't need.


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Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl     Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532