Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!linus!philabs!ttidca!alter From: alter@ttidca.TTI.COM (Steve Alter) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: GNU on tape now available in europe Keywords: GNU scuzzy source Message-ID: <25952@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 2 May 91 02:26:44 GMT References: <1991Apr27.121134.12725@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> <11419@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica Lines: 35 In article <11419@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wilker@gauss.math.purdue.edu.UUCP (Clarence Wilkerson) writes: } Am I just crabby this AM, or do these prices for tapes seem } somewhat high? After all, a 60 meg cart. tape is at most $30, } an hour of professional time perhaps $50, handling another $30. } It would seem to me something on the order of $125 a tape would } be adequate compensation for selling someone else's efforts } without royalties to the authors. } Clarence Wilkerson The article to which Mr. Wilkerson refers did mention something about GNU tapes for export to *Europe* so that may up the prices a bit... Here's an alternative (to the list of tapes at $210 each): UUNET Communications sells an 8mm (Exabyte) tape with 600 megabytes of stuff including EVERYTHING that Heiko Blume mentioned in the original posting and lots more, all on one tape, for about $170 US. I don't know if it's available in Europe; call them or write to them for more info. 1 703 876 5050 (voice) 1 703 876 5059 (fax) info@uunet.uu.net I do not speak for uunet and have no vested interest; I'm just a happy customer. I acted like a kid in a candy store while reading the listing of stuff on that tape. Disclaimer: if you don't have an Exabyte tape drive, then you may have a bit of trouble reading this tape. -- Steve Alter {philabs,psivax,pyramid,quad1,rdlvax,retix,rutgers}!ttidca!alter Transaction Technology Inc. a subsidiary of Citicorp (213) 450-9111 x2541