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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A2286 pricing - grrr!
Message-ID: <83@snll-arpagw.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 89 19:33:59 GMT
References: <135@mindlink.UUCP> <95636@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Organization: Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA
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In article <95636@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
->Economic reality. It's a bitch but something we all have to keep in mind.
->The formulas :
->	
->	Cost/Unit  = Manufacturing Cost + (Development Cost / Market Size)
->	
->	Retail = Cost/Unit / (Distributor Markup * Dealer Markup)
->
->Anyway, that is my guess why the A2286 is so expensive. It isn't 
->designed to either a) compete with Commodore's clones, or b) to 
->undermine the Amiga software market by making it more economical
->to buy it and a software package rather than a native Amiga 
->software package.

Another economic formula:

		if ((cost of A2286) > (cost of PC clone))
			(buy PC clone);
		else
			(buy A2286);

Note: The PC clone usually comes with a lot more stuff on it than just
      a board.

->--Chuck McManis


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