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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6414 comp.os.linux:11803 comp.unix.bsd:6136 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects Message-ID: <id.GAUT.XH6@ferranti.com> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1akqadINN76c@almaak.usc.edu> <1992Oct3.220517.1325@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1992Oct3.221703.1496@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:46:34 GMT Lines: 46 Let's look at the minimum for a releasable version on 386BSD: In article <1992Oct3.221703.1496@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@icarus.weber.edu writes: > o The absolute minimum 150 page ring-bound manual and 3 disks costs > ~$20 including shrink-wrap labor. This is quantity 1000. Leave the printed manual out. Sell it separately as a $50 book set in the bookstores. > o Packing and shipping costs are a minimum of $16, assuming UPS > ground. Make this a line item, to encourage quantity purchases. > o A "media charge" for tape distribution of $18 is not unreasonable, > assuming QIC tape and bulk purchase, given production time. Add > to this additional costs for amortization of alternate tape > systems if they are going to be used. For QIC I'd say that was low. > o A "media charge" of $30 is not unreasonable if CD-ROM's are used, Well, there are a number of people selling CD-ROM sets of free software for $25-$40, so this is in line. > o A "media charge" of $80 for a *full* high-density floppy distribution > (unless you own disk duplication equipment) using generic high > density disks would be getting off light. Agreed. > How does $1000 sound? Like BSDI? Yep. For a source distribution. How about for a binary distribution? I know, it's not popular, but it's inevitable. > Say, I sound like "Bruce" on "Talk Net", don't I? 8-) 8-). Usenet is like Talknet where you can call Bruce up when he says something dumb (which does happen occasionally). -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Ferranti Intl. Ctls. Corp. 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012 "Heeft u vandaag al uw wolf geknuffeld?" +1 713 274 5180 "Dat is mijn gezel, en niet bedoeld als een fooi."