Bell Tech Pricing

[pri=-10 Stuart Lynne]

In article <6475 at bcsaic.UUCP> paula at bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) writes:
}In article <236 at belltec.UUCP> dar at belltec.UUCP (Dimitri Rotow) writes:
}>In article <294 at gandalf.littlei.UUCP>, martin at littlei.UUCP (martin) writes:
}you've unbundled the pricing so corporate buyers can save kilobucks, but
}your ad doesn't make it clear that $145 doesn't buy me anything useful.  I
}prefer dealing with vendors who are straight with me, rather than
}squirming around on the price.
}
}Paul Allen
}
}[It just occurred to me that, since Bell Tech is willing to sell me just
}a license, I should be able to copy a friend's floppies and
}documentation.  That would give me a licensed running complete Unix for
}$145, just like the ad says!  1/2 :-) ]

That's right. 

And you can run down to your local computer literate book store and pick up
the Prentice Hall manuals.

So Bell Tech is indeed offerring a fairly innovative service by selling you
exactly what you need instead of forcing you to purchase a bundled package
with stuff you don't need.


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Stuart.Lynne at wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl     Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532