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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!rodan.syr.edu!smcarey From: smcarey@rodan.syr.edu (Shawn M Carey) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: Re: Special Sale On QNX! Date: 25 Sep 1994 15:35:27 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3645bv$9b3@newstand.syr.edu> References: <CwoFuu.IGH@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.syr.edu In article <CwoFuu.IGH@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> scheidel@gate.net () writes: >Why settle for slow and obselete Unix such as UnixWare, Sun Solaris, >SCO, Linux or BSD when you can have POWER & RELIABILITY with QNX 4.21! >Stop playing games with these inferior o/s's and switch to QNX today. > I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but some of the groups you mention above will be slightly offended by the tone of this message. The free UNIX groups in particular, are doing what they do because it's what they enjoy doing, and they don't necessarily care if their OS is the best thing since sliced bread. You come out of nowhere and make a sweeping statement that slams a number of established operating systems without any technical facts or features about QNX. [ marketroid-style hype deleted ] >Florida Datamation has been a QNX distributor for 10 years! We are nice, >knowledgable and go the extra mile for the sale. And, we promise to BEAT >ANYONE'S PRICE! A complete QNX developer's package starts at just $195! OK, beat any of these prices, and I'll buy a copy today: FreeBSD: $0.00 NetBSD: $0.00 Linux: $0.00 >Michael S. Scheidell email: scheidel@gate.net >Florida Datamation, Inc. US-CAN Sales: (800) 642-5938 >6405 Congress Ave Suite 140 Internl Sales: (407) 241-2377 >Boca Raton, FL. 33487-2844 Tech Support: (407) 241-2966 > Fax: (407) 241-3108 -Shawn Carey