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From: dleeds@MCS.COM (Daniel Leeds)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware
Subject: Re: Unix for PC
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Date: 16 Dec 1994 14:25:17 -0600
Organization: Another one bites the dust...
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David Van Beveren (dvb@eis.com) wrote:
: : Why Solaris 2.1?  Solaris 2.4 is the current shipping product.  It
: : retails for $450 2-user license with a complete system ready to go.

: Actually, the retail cost of Solaris 2.4 Desktop Uni-Processor is $795.
: The Desktop Multi-Processor is $995, and the Uni-Processor Server license
: (aka Workgroup Server Lite) is $1295. EIS sells these software packages at
: a discount when bundled with hardware, but I think $450 is a bit low.

Heh.  Actually, paying more then $15 would be too high for solaris.  
Hell, I might even have to take SCO over solaris.


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