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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects
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References: <id.GAUT.XH6@ferranti.com> <1992Oct6.193229.18258@meaddata.com> <PREECE.92Oct7091353@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com>
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In article <PREECE.92Oct7091353@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com>, preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Scott E. Preece) writes:
|> 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.

Apparently you wouldn't.  Please refer to the previous reply to this
question in article <1992Oct8.010626.16411@fcom.cc.utah.edu>

					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
					terry_lambert@novell.com
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.
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