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Date:      Wed, 30 Jul 1997 18:22:57 -0400
From:      Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
To:        multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Fwd: Re: BSD MpegTV Player
Message-ID:  <19970730182257.61431@ct.picker.com>

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Thought some of you might find this pricing news of interest.

Randall

-----Forwarded message from Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com>-----

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:26:26 -0700
From: Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com>
To: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
Subject: Re: BSD MpegTV Player

Randall Hopper wrote:
> 
> I'm a home user of FreeBSD, and would be interested in purchasing a
> registered version of the BSD version of MpegTV Player 1.0.
> 
> I see the Linux version is priced at home consumer levels:
> 
>              Linux-x86 (ELF) $29.00    special low price!
>              Solaris-sparc   $195.00
>              Irix-mips       $195.00
>              Solaris-x86     $195.00   licenses available soon
>              BSDI-x86        $195.00   licenses available soon
> 
> However the BSD version is obviously priced at corporate price levels and
> completely unreasonable for home hobbiest to even consider.
> 
> Are there any plans to offer the BSD version at an home consumer price?

Yes, we are changing our pricing policy.

In about a week or two, the Player price will go
down to $49 ($29 for Linux).  Non-commercial
users of the player will not be required to pay.


-- 
Regards, -- Tristan Savatier (President, MpegTV LLC)

MpegTV:   http://www.mpegtv.com
MPEG.ORG: http://www.mpeg.org - Foot: http://www.bok.net/~tristan


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