Paul,

Jeff Vance volunteered to contact the 3rd party vendors - I recall I
suggested that a invitation to support the 918/DX program would be more
credible coming from HP.   The issue of 3rd party support is really up to
us.

    Is this a really an issue that SIG Consult wants to pursue?   It does
cost these guys $'s just to cut the tape, log the sale, postage & handling
etc.

As for details:
o  VESoft - $450.   This was the one I was most concerned about as we never
(as I recall) heard a peep from them during the '908' discussion on the
HP3000-L.    I do wonder what the annual support costs will be.

o  Adager - I was amused to note that Bradmark, not to be outdone, offered
theirs for no cost.    All this after Alfredo's $450 offering really helped
get HPs attention for the idea in the first place.

o  Lund - for a development system why?

o  Robelle - I know it's 'standard' but if I had to I would use something
else (Quad, Fascade?, Wispertech).

    Maybe we should ask for HP's full screen editor on the 918/DX.   This
makes alot of sense - Jeff Vance?

- Cortlandt Wilson


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>>My understanding of the initial offering of the HP3000 918 DX was that
the
price was going to try to be around $7,000.  This was before an every
increasing list of
software vendors (which I think is good, but..).  Is the price going to
stay around
$7,000, or is the system priced at $7,000 plus $450 for Adager, plus $400
for Lund, plus
$295 for QSS, plus $600 for Robelle plus $450 for VESoft, plus whatever 52%
off of something costs?

Is this price now creaping backup there again to a level that is out of
range
for the smaller
developer?<<