isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Art Isbell) (06/23/91)
In article <1991Jun22.123950.1@capd.jhuapl.edu> waltrip@capd.jhuapl.edu writes: >I also feel that it would be good business for NeXT to continue to make >software distributions available via "old" media such as ODs...but feel that >they should adopt charges commensurate with their distribution costs for such >media. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ Mod my limited knowledge of the market price of magneto-optical disk media in general, I'd say that NeXT *is* charging a reasonable price for distribution software on OD. 2.1 on OD retails for $195 (less for registered developers and probably higher education), only $46 more than the selling price of the medium alone. That's a lot of software for $46! Copying the software to the OD costs something. And I don't mind having another OD; I can always find something to take up the extra space available :-) I just wish that NeXT would support the double-sided, 512 MB Canon OD. Its cost is not much greater (I'd certainly be willing to spend an extra $25, the approximate price differential between NeXT's 256 MB OD and 512 MB OD's from various retailers), and I'd love to have an extra 256 MB available. -- _____ ____ Art Isbell |\ | HELP! | | | \ 315 Moon Meadow Lane NeXT Registered Developer | \ | ___ |____| | | Felton, CA 95018-9442 isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU | \ | |___| | \ | | (408)335-1154 => I NEED TO FIND NeXT ==> | \| |___ | \ |___/ ==> DEVELOPMENT WORK <=