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To: damniseedemons who wrote (14736)	12/11/1997 4:06:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Sal, >I would hardly call it price-gouging. Also note that MSFT has added a lot of stuff to the Enterprise version of NT. It's much different from the old NT Server package. So what you are saying is that the thrift-minded MIS manager who bought into the $3000 NT system has to explain to the accountants why the upgrade will cost $11000 and that there have been a few changes to the licensing agreement... Here is where the beauty of it all lies: do I eat the $3000 and go back to UNIX with my tail between my legs or do I fork over another $11000 today and pretend that $11000+$3000 does not add up to the $14000 that I might have spent on a UNIX box. When Bill was touring China he no doubt was fascinated by the "death of a thousand cuts" exhibit at the old Imperial Palace. Take it easy, Norm