X-Windows
David Williams
dlw at hpsmtc1.HP.COM
Wed Apr 20 05:01:36 AEST 1988
in:comp.unix.aux / jackie at Apple.COM (Hernan'Jackie' Macapanpan) writes:
>Hello,
>In my reply about X-Windows availability under A/UX, I had mentioned that it
>would be available "in" the next release. X-windows under A/UX should be
>available "at the time of" the next release of A/UX.
Uh oh, I'm gettting that funny feeling again...could this mean that X will
not be bundled into A/UX, but will be yet another option one will have to
shell out big bucks for?
You mean its not included in the update tape for A/UX that you can't buy
cause no one in California sells A/UX, but if you could buy it you couldn't
update because the tape drive is not supported?
Well lets see...
A/UX On line support $3395 a *YEAR*
A/UX updates $750 a *YEAR*
so
X Window System hmmmmmm $700 a YEAR?
<Sarcasm ON>
Boy, maybe the marketing department should start charging for MAC OS updates
yeah, or better still retroactively charge for updates yeah thats the ticket!
Marketing: So sir, you've owned a Mac since 1984, Finder 1.0? and you say
you are using Finder 6.0? That will be $18,000 for support and
another $3500 for updates please...
Customer: Gee, you guys must be taking lessons from MicroSoft and IBM!
Newspaper: Today Apple announced record earnings of $10 billion from the
sale of support and update charges of A/UX to universities and
huge corporations. John S. said "Yes, we've found that we don't
have to develop any new software, we just port old O/S's and
then make our money on support and services!"
<Sarcasm OFF>
Sort of disappointing to say the least....
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