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Old Apr 14, 2012, 1:18 pm
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jkhuggins
 
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Originally Posted by Xyzzy
So these things cost mre than $100k per machine. At that price its' far cheaper to hire a few more of the thousands standing around to perform this unnecessary job.
To be fair ... that cost probably includes the development costs. One would hope that further units would cost less, as economies of scale come into play.
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