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Based on the enclosed mail message I received from a Sun salesman, it
appears that Sun is encouraging the sale of Lotus software.  I sent
mail to that salesman indicating that I would prefer not to decide
against buying a Sun system with my own money the same way I decided
against buying a NeXT (because NeXT is bundling Lotus software), but
that if necessary I would decide that.

I had really considered buying a NeXT, and I have really considered
buying an SLC.  I might have bought an SLC already if Sun were any
quicker about setting up a discount for university employees.

If we run out of vendors that don't support software monopolies, I
guess I'll just have to get a life instead.  :-)

Anyone who wonders what I'm talking about should probably contact the
LPF at league@prep.ai.mit.edu.

Here's the mail I mentioned:


Sunfolks,

I just received a stack of coupon books for Sun third party software.
The coupons allow you to get higher discounts on many popular third
party applications.  The book I'm referring to has the slogan
"Sun has lowered the cost of higher education" on the cover.  The
book is known as "The Sun Education Software Coupon Book."

Let me know if you want a copy, or want a description of one of the
packages listed below.

FYI,
Joel

Here's a list of the applications you can purchase using the coupons:

Vendor				Application
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ArborText			The Publisher
AVCOM Systems			LiveLinks for AutoCAD/Frame
BioDesign			BIOGRAF, POLYGRAF, NMRgraf
CAD Language Systems		VHDL Tool Integration Platform
Centura Tech. (formerly SCO)	GRAFkit
Code Farms			Organized C
Data I/O			ABEL
DUX				Quintet
DUX				T/Maker ClickArt
Elan Computer Group		Avalon Publisher
Frame Technology		FrameMaker 2.1
Franz				Allegro CL, Common Windows, Composer
IMSL				IMSL Complete Libraries Group
Informix			Wingz
Informix			Online Database
Ingres				Intelligent Database, Simplify, Windows 4GL
IntelliCorp			KEE
Interleaf			Technical Publishing Software (TPS)
Island Graphics			The Island Producivity Series
Lotus				Lotus 1-2-3
MARC Software Internat'l	WordMARC Composer+
MathSoft			MathCAD, MathStation
The MathWorks			MATLAB
MicroSpeed			S-TRAC
Pacer Software			PacerLink
Perfect Byte			ARTISAN
Rasna				Mechanica- Applied Structure (no typo)
Saber Software			Saber-C
SAS Institute			The SAS SYSTEM
Softscience			Convenience Plus
Sonnet Software			em
Statware			Statit
Sybase				SQL Server, APT Workbench, Data Workbench
Telesoft			TeleGen2
UC Berkeley Dept. of Stats.	BLSS-The Berkeley Interactive Stats. System
USC Software Systems		TOADS
Wordperfect			Wordperfect
Xylogics			Annex II Terminal Server
Young Minds			Makedisc CD-ROM Publishing Software