Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!orstcs!nyevax!kgamble From: kgamble@nyevax.CAS.ORST.EDU (Kevin Gamble) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: questions about cdrom Message-ID: <494@nyevax.CAS.ORST.EDU> Date: 9 Aug 89 22:26:40 GMT References: <3977@shlump.nac.dec.com> Organization: Oregon State University, College of Ag Sciences Lines: 24 In article <3977@shlump.nac.dec.com>, mattioli@took.dec.com writes: > > 2. Currently, Microsoft has published the Microsoft Programmers Library > which contains a great deal of their documentation all on one cd. If, for > example, a new version of the C compiler is released, what can one expect to > pay for a new CDROM? It costs approximately $2000 to have a CD-ROM disc mastered, which includes 100 copies of the disc. After that, it costs $2.00 per disc for additional discs in quantities of 100. Approximately 80% of the costs of producing a CD-ROM are in the massaging of the data. The costs of the medium that the data is distributed on is rather insignificant. Just like software that is distributed on diskettes that cost less than $.30. My guess is that the cost to "upgrade" to the latest version of a CD-ROM database will be very similiar to the costs for software upgrades. To get an idea of what it may cost just look at what Microsoft charges now for software upgrades: approx. 50% of the original purchase? -- ~~~~~~~~~ Kevin Gamble ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ Oregon State University ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~kgamble@cas.orst.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~