Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!bbn!bbn.com!mesard From: mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Gnu for profit? Message-ID: <33345@bbn.COM> Date: 9 Dec 88 21:01:54 GMT References: <8812081600.AA18091@nav.icst.nbs.gov> <1278@cps3xx.UUCP> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: mesard@BBN.COM (Wayne Mesard) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 15 In article <1278@cps3xx.UUCP> usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes: >Their $150 price for a tape seemed resonable, but $400 for GNU on >floppies seemed way out of line. Now, I realize that it would take a lot >of floppies to put GNU on. HOWEVER, I'd estimate that over half of that >price is profit.... > >If it isn't profit, please tell me what it is. I would imagine that it's partial compensation for the person who has to sit in front of the machine and yank floppies in and out. -- unsigned *Wayne_Mesard(); "I finally resorted to breaking the > key MESARD@BBN.COM on all the macs..." BBN, Cambridge, MA -Joe Angelo, Teknekron Software Systems