Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi Paul,
> you wrote:
> >At the sametime I'm thinking of BEOS. They have a beautiful product but
> >their pricing is keeping the OS out of the hands of the people that could
> >make it a player. I may be wrong but I don't think BEOS will ever be a
> >contender simply because the owner is so intent in making money from day
> >one.
>
>
> Actually, if I recall correctly, their pricing is relatively low. Correct
> me if I'm wrong, but I recall having received an email from them, when
> their Intel version began shipping. The price I believe I saw then was
> about $40 - $60. Have they raised their prices since?
>
I find BeOS pricing quite accepatble, they are selling a bundle of the
operating system and a book called BeBible for $80. OS without the
book is $70.
I checked pricing in Finland and noticed that BeOs is priced a little
below Windows 9x and considerably below Windows NT/2000. So I'd say
that Be is probably not making so much money out of their OS, just
trying to get their expences covered.
Yours,
Jussi
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Jussi Hagman CS in Åbo Akademi University
Studentbyn 4 D 33[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Finland
