Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!umn-d-ub!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!alberta!ubc-cs!van-bc!sl 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. -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532