Re: Re: Royalties???

> data).  CDs themselves are far more expensive to produce than a floppy disk.
> First it requires that you have a hard drive, for all practical purposes, no
> larger than 540 megs, or else the CD writer will try to go into compression
> mode and screw everything up.  CD writers are still in the thousands of dolla
> to buy.  Next you need to make up glass masters, at the cost of about $5 each
> Floppies skip this stage, and the expense.  Then, the actual copying can cost
> as much as $5 per disk, depending on where you go, and what kind of quantity

This is pure bullshit, since I've actually bought a 4-CD set of Linux for
$15, regular price. What's $15 / 4, class? $3.75? Obviously, to make any
profit at all, the cost for each CD must be less than that.

Nobody said you needed a CD-writer. I beleive that most CD mastering houses
will accept the data on an 8mm data cartridge.

The more CDs you press, the less they cost. I sure as hell wouldn't pay $5
each for ANY cd I was going to have pressed in distribution quantities. IF
you are, you are probably getting ripped off.

Finally, if the disks really DO cost $5, how many floppies would it take
before it became more cost-effective to use the CD?  (assume the floppies
cost 20 cents each, that's what, 25 floppies?)

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