Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site oliveb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!jerry 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 Article-I.D.: oliveb.507 Posted: Tue Jul 16 16:47:10 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 06:11:09 EDT References: <11495@brl-tgr.ARPA> <1612@orca.UUCP> Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca Lines: 10 > 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 {hplabs|fortune|idi|ihnp4|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!jerry