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From: buckwild@u.washington.edu (M. Tamola)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1 status?
Date: 3 May 1995 21:12:00 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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In article <3o709d$928_001@spike.cts.com>,

>>While I'm on the topic, we're also considering a special limited edition
>>FreeBSD CD which contains a full Motif 2.0 distribution (no source, but
>>"full" from the OSF's perspective :-).  This would cost a bit more,
>>naturally, as fees would need to be paid to the various companies involved.
>>I haven't any exact figures yet, but I expect it to cost something between
>>$100-$180.  I'm being deliberatly vague here as we really don't have that
>>information yet and it could be _anywhere_ within that price range.
>>
>>Assuming that it was at the low side of this figure (say $99), would
>>you be interested?  What if it were $179?  Would you simply ask your boss
>>to buy you a copy? :-)

if freebsd were packaged with motif i would definitely buy it.  my target
price would definitely be $99, but i may be willing to spend up to $120, but
not any more than that.


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