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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
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Subject: Re: CD-ROMs
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Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 17:04:23 EDT
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>The same magazine article states that;
>"The compact disks themselves are cheap to
>make and getting cheaper.  Factories stamp them out like cookies
>from thin sheets of partially melted plastic at a cost of less than
>$1 each.  About 15 million disks will be produced this year, according
>to Mark Anderson, assistant manager of development at 3M Corp.
>Matsushita, for one, which currently produces 200,000 audio
>CDs a month, plans to eventually shift to CD-ROMs next January at a
>new plant in Menomonie, Wisconsin, Anderson says."
>It appears that manufactures are using a pricing factor of 14, is this
>a standard value in the audio business?

I just bought Lotus 1-2-3 for $300.  Let's see.  There are 3 disks in
the package- at wholesale prices, that's about $3.  It appears Lotus
Development is using a pricing factor of 100, is this a standard value
is the software business?

Ben Broder
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