PowerHouse on Linux

[Craig Lalley]

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 Jeff Hoffman <wonicon@optushome.com.au> wrote:
Another reason that PH will not advance is cost, I was just looking at PH
8.41 on Win2000 and if I developed a system for a customer there would be
immediately a $6,000 ($australian approx 3,000 $US) upfront cost for just
the PH licenece (one developer / five user run-time / five user data
access) I would then have to recover development costs. This would put the
Kybo on most projects.

I remember when the current OS that was happening was OS/2 vs the yet to be released Win95, circa 1995.  That year I went to Comdex.  

IBM was trying to sell thier developers kits for $395 (I think, it may have been more.)

Microsoft was giving them away by the handful. 

The rest is history.

-Craig



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<P>&nbsp;<B><I>Jeff Hoffman &lt;wonicon@optushome.com.au&gt;</I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">
<P>Another reason that PH will not advance is cost, I was just looking at PH<BR>8.41 on Win2000 and if I developed a system for a customer there would be<BR>immediately a $6,000 ($australian approx 3,000 $US) upfront cost for just<BR>the PH licenece (one developer / five user run-time / five user data<BR>access) I would then have to recover development costs. This would put the<BR>Kybo on most projects.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>I remember when the current OS that was happening was OS/2 vs the yet to be released Win95, circa 1995.&nbsp; That year I went to Comdex.&nbsp; </P>
<P>IBM was trying to sell thier developers kits for $395 (I think, it may have been more.)</P>
<P>Microsoft was giving them away by the handful. </P>
<P>The rest is history.</P>
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