Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom.reviews,alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.duc.auburn.edu!mallard!lestewm From: lestewm@mail.auburn.edu (Miles Lester) Subject: Re: CD-ROMs not a ripoff was: Re: CIA World Fact Book...BAH! Message-ID: Followup-To: alt.cd-rom.reviews,alt.cd-rom Sender: usenet@mail.auburn.edu (Usenet Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: mallard.duc.auburn.edu Organization: Auburn University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 17:45:27 GMT Lines: 20 Elizabeth Schwartz (betsys@cs.umb.edu) wrote: > What puzzles *me* is when the same program costs more on CD-ROM than on >disk. I know some CD-ROM games have extra sound and graphics, and some >CD-ROM versions of software come with extra bonuses. But, some programs >charge more for the identical program! Lost Treasures of Infocom was >cheaper on floppy (at least for a while) even though the CD-ROM probably >cost less to produce and ship! This is not always the case. I recently purchased OS/2 for Windows on CD-ROM. The cost of a 30+ diskette package was $49, whereas the cost of the single CD-ROM was only $39. -- ________________________________________________________________ Miles Lester | "Why are we here? lestewm@mail.auburn.edu | Because we're here, mlester@auducvax.bitnet | Roll the Bones" (rush) _____ Administrative Computing Services Auburn University ______