[H-GEN] Sun Offer (fwd)

[The Fuzzy One]

	I'm not sure who this offer is available, but provide it for your
inspection none the less.

	fuzzy BSc.

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>X-Sender: ccrees at brolga.cc.uq.edu.au
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:10:49 +1000
>To: dlo-list at cc.uq.edu.au
>From: Graham Rees <G.Rees at prentice.uq.edu.au>
>Subject: Sun Offer
>
>Folks,
>
>Below is the offer from Sun for the W7 Internet Cafe. Note that the
>discount rate is 39% cf their normal education discount of 18% on this type
>of device. You will just never get these devices at a lower cost. 
>
>Please circulate this freely around your department. Apologies for the very
>short notice but we have only just managed to complete the deal with Sun.
>If you are interested in purchasing these devices you can do so and meet
>State Government purchasing requirements. Please ask if you need these
>details.
>
>------------------------
>Announcement by
>Sun Microsystems Australia Pty Ltd, and
>The Seventh International World Wide Web Consortium
>
>As part of Sun's sponsorship commitment to the WWW7 conference, Sun
>Microsystems is pleased to make the following exclusive offer to our
>customers at Universities, CSIRO and qualifying educational Institutions in
>Australia.  This offer will not be extended beyond these organisations.
>
>For additional information on WWW7 refer to http://www7.conf.au
>
>Two specific Sun configurations will be offered for use by the conference
>delegates in WWW7 Internet CAFE.  The two configurations are as follows-
>
>Workstation Offering (#WWW7-01)	Normal Price $7,250 AUS/unit
>			WWW7 Price not to exceed $4,395 AUS/unit
>			Operating Lease Price inc 3 yrs onsite maintenance
>			 $559.75/quarter *12 payments AUS/unit
>Ultra 5 Workstation with
>64Mb ECC RAM
>4.3Gb Internal Hard Disk Drive
>UltraSPARC II 270Mhz Processor
>16 Bit Stereo Audio
>Self Sensing 10/100Mbit Twisted pair ethernet
>16.7MB/Sec Enhanced IDE I/O
>Onboard 8 Bit PGX Graphics
>Floppy Drive
>17" Colour Monitor
>Keyboard and Mouse
>Solaris Operating System Licence
>12 Months next day onsite warranty
>
>
>
>JavaStation Offering (#WWW7-02)	Normal Price $2,000 AUS/unit
>				WWW7 Price $1,760 AUS/unit
>JavaStation 2 with
>32Mb RAM
>Keyboard and Mouse
>onboard ethernet
>14" Monitor for JavaStation
>12 Months return to base warranty
>
>
>*There is no limit to the number of systems that can be purchased. All
>prices are sales tax exempt. Official orders must be supplied to your local
>Sun Microsystems office specifying delivery address details: WWW7
>Conference 1998 Convention Centre Brisbane 4000. Orders need to be received
>by Sun Microsystems by 5pm 13 March 1998 to secure delivery.
>
>These machines will be used in the WWW7 Internet CAFE to achieve the
>world's largest Internet Cafe and subsequently freight forwarded to your
>premises after the conference.  Cost of Freight from Brisbane to your site
>will be the responsibility of the purchaser.  All machines will be fully
>insured by the WWW7 group whilst at the conference. 
>
>This offer is exclusive and will not be repeated beyond the WWW7
>conference.  No trade-ins will be accepted and no variations will be
>allowed beyond these standard configurations.  Negotiations of other
>additional equipment at special pricing should be directed to your local
>Sun Microsystems Office.
>
>
>Contact your local Sun Microsystems Australia representative for additional
>information.
>
>NSW (Robert Drake phone: 02 9844 5000)
>ACT (Cheryl Thompson, Mike Allen 02 6217 5500)
>QLD and NT (Andrew Boulus 07 3221 2899)
>VIC (Andrew Meisner 03 9679 6200)
>SA (Jeff Blows 08 8363 0254)
>WA (Jim Price 09 388 2161)
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>Graham Rees                            Tel: +61 7 3365 3630
>Director (Technology)                  Fax: +61 7 3365 4477
>Prentice Centre            Email: G.Rees at prentice.uq.edu.au
>The University of Queensland
>Queensland 4072 Australia
>
>

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