Buying UNIX for a clone

Larry Snyder larry at nstar.rn.com
Wed May 8 03:30:46 AEST 1991


paulz at sco.COM (W. Paul Zola) writes:


>1) SCO Support offers a variety of support packages, the cheapest of
>which costs about $100/yr.   $1200/yr sounds about right for our 
>highest level of support (1 hour turnaround, guaranteed escalation to
>Engineering, etc.).  Most people - certainly all owners of home 
>machines - don't need this level of support, which was designed for
>VARs and large resellers.  I believe our "standard" support package
>costs about $500/yr.  (Don't quote me on this - I've never even seen
>a price list!)

well I have, and the price for VAR support is between $3000 and $5000
per year (according to your Chicago sales office)

>2) All SCO Support packages are "unlimited calls" - you can call in 
>as many times as you like for as many problems as you have with your
>particular supported product.

and the more you pay - the quicker the return call

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