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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Pirating CD-ROMs - A Little Reality Please
Message-ID: <658@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 20 Dec 90 15:30:45 GMT
References: <1990Dec11.205920.12986@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <4710021@hpfcdq.HP.COM> <Dec.19.22.32.44.1990.522@steely.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
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In article <Dec.19.22.32.44.1990.522@steely.rutgers.edu> andrewsr@steely.rutgers.edu (Rich Andrews) writes:
>
>I just think that the CD-ROM is fated.  Mainly since you cannot write
>to them.  But, if the price drops *significantly*, then it may sell
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>enough to keep it around for a while.

The last figure I heard was $2 for a CD in mass production. (Or was
it 2 DM which would be 1$30?) So this is very similar to the price
of a floppy or of the rest of the packaging. In my eyes this is
"significantly low" in price.

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