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In article <25190@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes:
>Does anyone have a list price for Unix?  I'd love to have it as an
>addition to my 3000...

I asked a similar question yesterday at HT Electronics (an Amiga
dealership here in Silicon Valley..)

They had no idea when it would be out, or what the price would be.
They *were* pretty sure they would be carrying it when it does come out.

Guesstimation time:  The royalties which CBM pays back to AT&T for
sales of Unix are gonna be about the same (or exactly the same) as
royalties paid for other 2-user liscensee's on other platforms.
Therefore we can expect some correlation between prices paid in,
for instance, the 80386 market and what we will pay.  (modulo
differences in development costs & market size, that is)

SysVr3.2 is available now for under $1000.  The SysVr4's which are
available cost more than that, but remember that it's still
pretty-much `beta' software (more precisely: "recommended for
developers only") and that prices are high partly because the market
is small & development hasn't been paid for yet.  The royalty schedule,
as I understand it, is different between pre-r4 & r4 .. but it sounded
as if some things were cheaper & others were more expensive.

Therefore I expect Amiga Unix to be <$1000 but how much less is
anybody's guess.


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