Paul asks:

> 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?


The price is still $7000!


You don't have to buy the add-on software.  The vendors in question are
trying to help by offering their products at reduced prices ... but no
one will force you to buy them (well, I can't speak for Vladimir :).

Why don't we (Allegro) make SPLash! available for free, or something lower
than a 52% discount?  Unlike HP (and some of the other vendors
participating), where only a small percentage of their
potential 3000 customers will be buying a 918DX, the *majority* of
our potential new customers are likely to buy a 918DX ... thus, we'd be
out of business if our major product was given away for free!  Still, we're
enthusiastic about the program and trying to help by giving a big discount.
I assume that some of the other vendors fall into the same category.
We chose 52% because it's the same discount HP is giving for their software
that isn't bundled into the 918DX.

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

nope.

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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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