On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:20:18 -0500, Peter Valier
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>Has anyone come across this one before?
>I currently own an HP3000 918LX with a 64 user license.  Because we will
>shortly outgrow the user license on this machine I am looking to upgrade.
>To upgrade to a 100 user license on a 968RX the hardware cost will be in
>the vicinity of $22K US and the software cost in the vicinity of $16K US.
>The hardware cost for a 939KS/20 would be around $15K US but the 100 user
>license will cost me $106K US.  This is primarily because they do not!!!
>give me any credit for the 64 users I have already paid for on the 918.
>This hardly sounds like a way to sell new machines to an installed base if
>you ask me.
>
>Peter Valier
>Misco Canada Inc

I know Harry Sterling lurks about here sometimes.

Harry .... care to put on your hip waders and make any comments? We
are getting bitten EXACTLY the same way, and it hardly makes us feel
like a valued current MPE customer, when we pay the same as someone
new off the street. Sure, we are getting $4000 or something for our
old 949 ... but the MPE we are running on it that we paid $$$$ for is
still perfectly good.

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Mark Landin
UNIX Sys. Admin, T. D. Williamson, Inc. (Standard disclaimer applies)
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