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From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI vs Win NT and netscape commerce server
Date: 16 Dec 1995 14:15:53 GMT
Organization: ABWAM, Inc.
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In article <1995Dec15.143457.1@spcvxb.spc.edu>, terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) says:

	[snip]

>> Same products, same capabilities. Why  are the unix versions MORE than
>> TWICE as much money? Because everything in unix costs LOTS more than
>> the NT version. Or is completely free. Very strange.
>
>  Because most vendors see NT as a "desktop" platform and Unixes as a "depart-
>mental" or "enterprise" platform. Once they see that they are losing revenue
>because customers are buying the NT versions, prices will change. Some of this
>has happened already.
>

When will it change?  PCs have been around far longer than Unix for PCs.
You would think that software pricing for unix systems would have
dropped by now, but it simply doesn't seem to be the case.

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