del@Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) (05/12/88)
In article <563@hscfvax.harvard.edu> pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov) writes: >In article <882@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM>, del@Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) writes: >> >> ........... Why should the manufacturer have to spend the extra money to >> write protect the disks? > What "extra money" ???? The extra inventory, labor, and documentation involved in handling them, and sticking the write protect notch over the disk. If using disks w/o notches, they are more expensive since they are manufactured in lower volume. Not to mention special equipment is required to duplicate them. >> Or check to see the user doesn't have something silly in the environment? > > Why should a manufacturer do anything ? To sell product. There is a tradeoff between costs for reliability/quality and your target market. -- del (Erik Lindberg) uw-beaver!tikal!pilchuck!del