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In article <76000357@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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>/* Written  Feb 13, 1989 by ecs140w049@deneb.ucdavis.edu in comp.sys.mac */
>> Check with you Bookstore to see if they have signed a Mathematica contract.
>> In the University agrees to bundle a copy of Mathematica with EVERY Mac II 
>> sold, they can buy them at $150 a piece!  At that price, no science /  
>> engineering student should be without a copy!
>
>Here is some amusing information ---
>
>2.  When the software is discounted for university machines, Wolframs
>charges $X for EVERY MACHINE SOLD ON CAMPUS.  And if your university
>has already sold 10,000 macintoshes, Wolfram wants $10,000*X dollars
>up front, before allowing future software discounts.

Here at Davis, we only pay for copies of Mathematica on machines sold
AFTER the contract was signed.  We do not have to buy copies for the
already installed base!  I believe we signed the standard Wolfram
contract (i.e. no special treatment).  Current users have the OPTION of
buying Mathematica.    

>Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
>ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu   UUCP: {uunet,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies

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