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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6456 comp.os.linux:12192 comp.unix.bsd:6324 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!starnet!motcsd!udc!preece From: preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Scott E. Preece) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Suggestions for the free Unix projects Message-ID: <PREECE.92Oct7091353@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com> Date: 7 Oct 92 14:13:58 GMT References: <id.GAUT.XH6@ferranti.com> <1992Oct6.193229.18258@meaddata.com> <1992Oct7.040347.425@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Sender: news@urbana.mcd.mot.com (News) Organization: Motorola MCG, Urbana Design Center Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: terry@cs.weber.edu's message of Wed, 7 Oct 92 04:03:47 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com In article <1992Oct7.040347.425@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: | The mastering system is used to take data and lay it out in the correct | file format; it has a "CD Emulator" (2 disks) and a DAT drive for writing | the master, plus all hardware and software to deal with the creation of | the master tape. This is not something you can do without unless you | work somewhere that already bought one and they will miraculously let you | use it, or you own the company (volunteers, anyone?). --- Perhaps I'm missing something not quoted in the response, but... This analysis assumes the full cost of the mastering system is allocated to a single CD. Why would you do that? You could subcontract the mastering to someone who has a mastering system, if you were only producing a single disk; if you were producing a series of disks the cost would get spread over the series, radically lowering the unit cost. -- scott preece motorola/mcg urbana design center 1101 e. university, urbana, il 61801 uucp: uunet!uiucuxc!udc!preece, arpa: preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com phone: 217-384-8589 fax: 217-384-8550