[rescue] J90 on epay

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Kevin Loch <kloch at gurunet.net> wrote:
> Dave McGuire wrote:
> > On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 12:34 PM, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > 
> >> Most people find 5 figures for an OS and compiler set painfull.
> >
> >   Not if you're already paying a few million for the computer
> > system.

> Why would buying a few million worth of hardware change
> your valuation of an OS and a compiler?  That seems like
> just a sneaky way to charge more for the hardware.

Well, if you are buying the multi-million dollar box from the vendor, I
bet you could negotiate a free OS kit with the deal... Then it will
"feel" free, anyways...


=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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