X-Windows price for A/UX

[Mike Hoegeman]

In article <4466 at hoptoad.uucp> gnu at hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
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>I think it's funny how the "public domain" X window system usually ends
>up costing big bucks from the vendors who support it, while the
>"proprietary" NeWS system costs $100 for Suns, $225 for Macs, etc.  HP
>charges $2100 for X windows!  (You also have to buy "Arpa networking
>services" for $7500.)  At least A/UX comes with free Berkeley ......


How true!! 

I can't really figure out how people like HP can charge so much for
something like X-windows. If it cost them that much to port X 
such that they have to charge $2100 bucks then there is something wrong
with them or with X.