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From: mr@hou2h.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG)
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Subject: Re: CD-ROMs
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 08:47:31 EDT
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> This isn't really comparable.  What we're talking about here is a difference
> in media, not program content.  For Lotus, you're paying for the program, not
> 
> I would expect the price to remain the same.  However, a record that lists for
> $7.98 may have a CD price tag of $15.98 or even $17.98, although you're getting
> the exact same program content, and the record company is paying the exact same
> royalties!  Since the disk might cost a dollar to produce, and the record only
> a few cents, they pass this difference on to the consumer.  Where this is 
> strange, of course, is that since a record costs, say, 35 cents to produce
> while the CD costs $1.00, why does this 65 cent difference turn into $8-10
> at the record store.

The reason for the difference is that the manufactures are trying to
recoup their initial R&D investment at this point in time. When the
market for CD's grows to the proportions of other media then the price
will decrease correspondingly.

				Mark


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