At 07:03 PM 9/16/97 -0500, Paul Christensen wrote:
>I am addressing this question to the entire list, in case anyone else
>is also interested, but this question is really to Jeff Vance.
>
>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 918DX from HP comes only with those software products bundled by HP as
a part of the special program.  In support of HP's efforts to expand further
development on the HP3K, many of us 3rd party vendors are also extending
special offers of our products to help promote development while minimizing
the cost/investment to the developer.

The program calls for the developer who acquired the 918/DX to contact the
3rd party vendor directly in order to take advantage of their offer. HP is
maintaining a list of these offers so anyone who qualifies for the program
will know what is available.

As you know, the goal of the program is to help bring new application
development to the HP3K and therefore expand the number of business
solutions available to both existing and potential HP3K customers.
I personally think it is wonderful that so many vendors are willing to
join HP in this commitment to help further additional software development
for the HP3K community.



/jf
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