Re: Longtime VMS system manager/programmer available

On Apr 12, 7:08 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Michael Kraemer wrote:
Arne Vajhøj schrieb:

The good thing (for developers in general not for those making
tools) is that the new standard price for development tools
are zero.

Well, at some point somehow the tool makers have to be paid
for their work by somebody.

Sun Microsystems, for example, has made both the Solaris O/S and the
development tools available for free! You can download Solaris 10 and
the development tools. You do have to accept the license agreement.
You can get the software on DVD for a nominal charge or free, depending
on the policy of the week.

That means that just about anybody can develop applications for Solaris.
They don't require you to, they just hope that some of their customers
will do so. It also means that people who want to learn programming
and/or system administration can get started very cheaply. Sun hardware
is available, used, on e-Bay for very reasonable prices. You can pick
up an Ultra 10 with "Creator-3D" graphics for less than $100 US. Most
of them are sold without a disk drive. An 80 GB EIDE drive for $70 US
puts you in business as a hobbyist, student, applications developer or
whatever.

You can put a SCSI HBA in the box and set up the largest disk farm you
can afford. You will probably want to add some RAM which is usually
available at reasonable prices. More modern, and faster, hardware is
available for somewhat more money. Older and slower is also available,
sometimes for little more than the cost of shipping.

Sun sells systems, service, and support. It seems to be working for
them! $240/CPU/Year buys you the minimum support contract; access to
patches and e-mailed Q&A. For more money, you get more; telephone
support. For a lot more money you can get a Sun Engineer hardware or
software to come on site and help out.

It's called loss leader marketing. It's been done for years by
supermarkets and probably other retail stores. I remember long ago it
was often only 99 cents for a 1/2 gallon of Tropicana OJ. Ah, those
were the days. I forget when that stopped, but the strategy is still
used. It's sort of like bait and switch, but without the deception
part.

AEF
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