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In article <1992Sep21.163842.20054@dvorak.amd.com>  
rpomeroy@aunext3.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)) writes:

> In article <19guc4INNn3o@agate.berkeley.edu> izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu  
(Izumi  
> Ohzawa) writes:
> >>
> >>I certainly will not pay $2495 for the develpment system for 486.
.
> >>
> >> 
> >>-- 
> >>Izumi Ohzawa             [ $BBg_78^=;(B ]
> >>USMail: University of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
> >>Telephone: (510) 642-6440             Fax:  (510) 642-3323
> >>Internet: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu   (NeXTmail OK)
> 
> OK lets do some math... :-)
> 
> 	Let's see...$3328.00 for the station (edu price w/os)
>     minus the os....$2495.00 
> 		--------------
> 		     $833.00
> 	
> WOW - I guess NeXT hardware IS cheaper than a 486 ;-) 8-) ;-}
> 
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Hehe :)  
Re: The subject of hardware.  All PC's are not created equal!  When you  
buy a NeXT you're buying quite a nice hunk of hardware.  Sure, you can get  
a good 486 cheap, but if you really want a consistent and dependable box,  
you have to pay a bit more.  That goes for PCs, workstations, whatever...

Re: Software Pricing
Let's not count our chickens just yet.  IMHO the developer package will be  
available at a lower price through many channels.  In the PC market,  
nothing sells for list price...

At minimum I think NeXT will do something to give current developers a  
break.

Let's face it - NeXTStep is a seriously good piece of software, and a lot  
of (expensive) work went into it.

A year ago, when I was preparing my employers system to do PC development  
(in MS-DOS), it cost over $1000 for the compiler/debugger, video library,  
network API library, utilities, editor, etc.  Not including the cost of  
the file server software which we already had.  

Now if you want to develop software on a cheap system, you can pick up the  
Microsoft C Compiler (which BTW, I think is a pretty good compiler)  
bundled with the MS Windows SDK for a couple hundred bucks...

Or deal with the mishmosh of free unix stuff out there.
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