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From: preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Scott E. Preece)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects
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Date: 7 Oct 92 14:13:58 GMT
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In article <1992Oct7.040347.425@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:

|   The mastering system is used to take data and lay it out in the correct
|   file format; it has a "CD Emulator" (2 disks) and a DAT drive for writing
|   the master, plus all hardware and software to deal with the creation of
|   the master tape.  This is not something you can do without unless you
|   work somewhere that already bought one and they will miraculously let you
|   use it, or you own the company (volunteers, anyone?).
---
Perhaps I'm missing something not quoted in the response, but...

This analysis assumes the full cost of the mastering system is allocated
to a single CD.  Why would you do that?  You could subcontract the
mastering to someone who has a mastering system, if you were only
producing a single disk; if you were producing a series of disks the
cost would get spread over the series, radically lowering the unit cost.
--
scott preece
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