[Info-vax] Out with Hurd, in with OpenVMS

[John Reagan]

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message 
news:4c7036e8$0$10446$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com...
> re: DEC's Compilers being more expensive because they were better.
>
> Sorry, but there is no way that VAX-C's superiority to Microsoft's total
> development environment warranted a 10 times cost difference ($6000
> versus $600).
>

I seriously doubt anybody paid list price for a compiler license.  Back in 
the 90s I saw a report showing that compiler licenses averaged an 80% 
discount over list price.  They were often just given away as "freebies" to 
close a big hardware/support deal.

John