FLAME Concerning Apple's pricing of A/UX 2.0.

[Brian Cuthie]

In article <3089 at ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer at ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
>>You didn't have to pick A/UX for a platform.  If a cheapo 386 UNIX port
>>is what you want to pay for, that's what you should be using.  If you are
>>adding capabilities and value to your product by putting in on A/UX, then
>>what's the problem with paying more for it?
>
>I don't quite understand just what "cheapo 386 UNIX port" is being
>referred to.  To get what you get with A/UX 2.0, you'd end up paying at
>least $1K-$1.5K street price for ISC's 386/ix or SCO's XENIX or UNIX.
>Even ESIX, with the same services, is about $800, the same amount which
>is being kvetched about.
>
>The price for A/UX 2.0 seems pretty much in line with other products on
>the market on platforms in the same ballpark.
>

Except, that if I'm trying to write a turn key application I can't buy 
A/UX runtime only systems.  I don't necessarilly want to ship a compiler
with every system.  Or, networking for that matter (although I probably
would want that).

I don't really have a gripe about the price.  Just the fact that it's 
unbundled.


-brian

brian at beerwolf.umd.edu