OT: just for those intersted about analog tape

[Walter Vaughan]

John Esak wrote:

> Is this true?  If so, how would anyone ever get new tape for their old
> machines?

JE, you of all people should realize that this is capitalism at work. 
Someone will cobble up a line that can make the tape at a PROFIT. It 
doesn't take 250 people to make high quality tape.

If someone's willing to pay, the market will supply.

Look at Nexus. They figured out how to print on plastic very early in 
the game. Who knows. If you can print ink, why can you not print iron 
oxide at Nexus?

I mourn the fact that they appeared to stop fighting 1-1/2 years ago. 
This company saw the writing on the wall. They just gave up, hoping that 
tomorrow never came. But, their last new product announcement was in 
2003 for professional firewire drives.

They[1] tell me a long term growth company *has* to replace 20% of it 
core business goods/services EVERY year. Not have new customers, but 20% 
different/more core value items to sell to existing customers and new 
customers. In five years you should be selling less than 20% of the same 
products you sold (or at least you've added enough bling and chrome to 
make it seem completely new and improved).

The  most recent product we've made is door opening weatherstrip for 
1976-78 Dodge Aspen and Plymouth Volare 2 door hardtops. I never 
imagined that today people would be trying to *restore* one of those 
cars to original condition. The door seals cost today about what the 
value of the car was 7 years ago, but now people are willing to pay what 
is essentially custom-prototype production costs.

I'm starting to sound like ML... cut me off.
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Walter
[1] people who know how to make money