Which Unix to Buy?
Warren D. Calhoun
calhoun at usaos.UUCP
Tue Aug 28 19:45:15 AEST 1990
In article <2743 at anomaly.sbs.com>, mpd at anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
* edevin at corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU (ted devin) writes:
* * - Price
* * I would like to make this a economical as possible. This is
* * only a minor point. A couple hundred dollars is 'minor'. Several
* * hundred to a thousand is not.
*
* If you think you're going to get off for a "few hundred" for a complete
* UNIX OS, then you're only kidding yourself. Most UNIX OS's (XENIX, ESIX, etc)
* run over $500 for the OS.
*
* In order to make your budget, it looks like you need to buy something used.
*
I just bought SCO ODT (limited user) for $680.00. While I was negotiating, I
was offered the SCO System V 3.2 (also limited user) for $387.00. Shopping
the VARs and informing them of the budget restriction can sometimes net you
a savings. Considering that even at ~$400.00, there is still more than a
100% profit margin (discounting R&D), this is still not a bad deal for SCO or
for the reseller. It is also more than $200.00 better than SCO's listed retail
price.
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