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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Cost of floppy media
Message-ID: <90@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 30 Sep 90 04:36:32 GMT
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defron@ocf.berkeley.edu (Daniel Efron) writes:

>Is each piece of media really going to cost $4?  I know that doesn't
>cost that much compared to all of the other expenditures one must make
>for the NeXT.  However 2M media only costs about $1 for bulk.

	A new form of media is invariably "expensive" until individual
manufacturers get experience and economies of scale, and until the number
of manufacturers increases to the point where one has a truly "competitive"
market. Recall that 2M media cost $4-$6 only two years ago!