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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects
Message-ID: <1992Oct8.010626.16411@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 01:06:26 GMT
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In article <1992Oct7.135421.2806@meaddata.com> sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams) writes:
>terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
>: Per CD cost: $ 25.10
>: Assume high "one off": $ 26.00
>:
>: This all assumes that there is no production loss and the "+" on the $20,000
>: means "and some cents".
>WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>You totally misunderstood!!!!!!
>
>1,500 for the first 100 IS THE TOTAL COST!!!! for a service firm to do
>it.
>
>Noone would ever actually buy the mastering system!!! I just added
>the costs for curiosity out there.
Oh. Well. That's very different. Never mind.
8-).
Actually, the media production costs aren't what kills you; it's the
overhead involved in writing, typesetting, and publishing a manual,
the support, and expected legal battles. Especially the last. Ignoring
the legal stuff, you *might* be able to be profitable at about $400 per,
regardless of the distribution media.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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