Re: Price of new machines

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From: Mik Davis
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:46

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Mr J L Saunders (maupb@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:
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: I know all this is expecting a lot, but maybe when the new machine comes out
: Acorn should follow Sun's example by setting a standard and licencing it out to
: third parties. That way hopefully we'll get some cheap, good quality machines
: that really compete with the rest of the workstation industry.
: 

  isn't this basically what IBM have done with the PC. They are now getting
wiped out by the proliferation of cheap clones...

  This is how I see thinks anyhow...

  Mik

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