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From: jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Price of soda
Message-ID: <507@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 16:47:10 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 16 16:47:10 1985
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Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca
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> And software is nothing but bits on magnetic media.  Hogwash.  The
> fixed overhead component of the soda industry (as opposed to the
> cost-per-unit) is extremely high, as you can tell just by watching the
> commercials aired during TV network prime time.
>   -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew)       [UUCP]

Speaking of which, why does the government subsidize commercials?

				Jerry Aguirre @ Olivetti ATC
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