According to rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen):
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>Personally, I think  is WAY UNDER PRICED.  I find Linux to be very
>comparable at this point to SCO ODT, which sets you back >00 for a
>multiuser copy.  Saying that  is overpriced for a complete X
>window/C++ development platform is the silliest thing I have heard in
>a long time.
>

No, $99 is probably just about right for somebody that is doing
this in his spare time.  The reason that ODT is >$2000 is that
you get printed manuals, you don't have to worry about the
source, and if something goes wrong during the install, you can
phone for support.  You don't know how expensive support is,
and the cost of development for the next release is even
higher.

If SCO didn't have to support or provide documentation for it's
products, and didn't have to pay AT&T for every single unit it
sold, the SCO could probably compete with a $99 CDROM.

But then, the Fortune 500 would never buy such a product.

- David (speaking for self)