Re: 3.0 right to use license without CD?

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From: Seigneur Tenebreux
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 21:16

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In article <1992Jul27.212329.481@metrosoft.com> gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen) writes:
>In article <1992Jul27.174854.6556@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> tom@cse.fau.edu  
>(Tom Horton) writes:
>> Does anyone know if NeXT plans to offer a right-to-use license/upgrade  
>> *without* the CD for less money than buying 3.0 on CD?   This would  
>benefit  
>> sites with more than one machine, and folks with personal machines and  
>access  
>> to a CD-drive and CD at work.   If so, does anyone know the list price?
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
>> --
>> 
>I've heard of no plans to do this. The cost of duplicating and  
>distributing a CD-ROM are so low (they come "free" in periodicals now)  
>that I can't imagine that it would significantly affect the upgrade cost  
>anyway. Seems $295 isn't a bad price for the license itself.
>
 
PLONK!!!! (jaw drops to floor) Is this what NextStep costs?!      
Seems like quite a bargain for something like NextStep. 

>Gordon
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