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From: mo@messy.bellcore.com (Michael O'Dell)
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Subject: Re: Yet Another Upgrade Anecdote
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Date: 8 May 90 11:23:09 GMT
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The real issue here is that, for better or worse, cost and price
are essentially unrelated, except that the latter is often, but not
always, more than the former.  The magnitude of the difference,
however, varies astonishingly as a function of market and market
conditions.

	-Mike