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From: balen@camscan.uucp (henry Balen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Sun CD ROM and media charges
Keywords: Miscellaneous
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Date: 7 Jun 90 15:07:16 GMT
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I have a couple of queries about CD-ROM and standard maintenance media
charges and wondering if anyone has heard any official information from
Sun. Currently a Site will pay a media charge per architecture plus a
right to use cost. Will sun:

1) Only have *one* media charge if all architectures are supplied on the
   one CD-ROM?

2) Be reducing the media charge, since the cost of producing a CD-ROM is
   cheaper than producing the 1/4" tape versions?

If Sun just do 1) above it could make the CD-ROM player pay for itself
within a couple of years for a hetrogenous site.

cheers
  Henry <balen@camscan.co.uk>