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Xref: sserve comp.unix.misc:10603 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:5192 comp.unix.bsd:13132 comp.windows.x.i386unix:5948 biz.sco.general:9530 Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix,biz.sco.general Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!psinntp!nmtigw!peter From: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva) Subject: Re: SCO market share Message-ID: <id.25851.SM8@nmti.com> Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI References: <hastyCHsyEG.Mun@netcom.com> <1993Dec11.012449.99@kf8nh.wariat.org> <2ec989$knu@vanbc.wimsey.com> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 20:18:11 GMT Lines: 25 In article <2ec989$knu@vanbc.wimsey.com> sl@vanbc.wimsey.com (Stuart Lynne) writes: > This is a fact that is *not* lost on application software vendors. People > who don't like to pay money for the OS also don't usually like to spend > money on application software. That's a nice bit of slander. Let's examine it... people who don't like to pay (minimum of $300, maximum somewhere around $3000) for an O/S don't usually like to spend money on application software. You know, most application software is bought by people who paid ($50 through $150, and often bundled with the hardware so they see it as free) for an operating system. Hell, I've bought quite a bit for my Amiga 3000 and if I could buy applications that good for that price for *BSD I would. Trouble is, I can't... the tools that are the equivalent of typical *cheap* PC applications cost a minimum of $500 a pop. Sorry folks, the competition isn't Linux versus SCO, it's (all possible UNIX systems) versus Microsoft. This internal haggling and flaming about one group of users being lowlives or another group being suckers isn't going to help anyone. -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Network Management Technology Incorporated 'U` 1601 Industrial Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77478 USA +1 713 274 5180 "Ja' abracaste o teu lobo, hoje?"