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Date:      Thu, 04 Nov 1999 09:18:26 -0600
From:      eric@cirr.com (Eric Schnoebelen)
To:        alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Tru64 Unix for $99 
Message-ID:  <199911041518.JAA28867@opus.cirr.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Nov 1999 07:05:04 PST." <14369.41120.144357.174059@bogon.kjsl.com> 

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Javier Henderson writes:
- Jim King writes:
-  > See http://www.unix.digital.com/noncommercial-unix/.  It looks like Compaq 
-  > is selling Tru64 5.0 for $99 to "non-commercial technology 
-  > enthusiasts".  Sounds interesting...
- 
- 	Heck, they're giving VMS away for free to hobbysits, why
- not do the same with Unix?

	Because they have to pay licensing fees to SCO for their
UNIX product, while they _complete_ own the basic technologies
for OpenVMS.

--
Eric Schnoebelen	eric@cirr.com			http://www.cirr.com
	"...Microsoft is to software what Miller (and the other big
	American brewers) are to beer." -- Mark Bartelt in comp.sys.dec


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