Can anybody explain to me the factor of 10 difference in price for ICSD data
between academic and industrial users. Is there a rational explanation or a
formula which makes an industrial dollar buy only 10cents when shopping at
ICSD? I know of discounts given to academic users for commercial software
which is of the order of 30 to 50%. But to give merchandise away at 90%
discount to one group of people and charge another group the full price
(whatever it may be), I have a problem with that. This, by the way, is the
reason why there are so many requests these days - the market reacts to such
humbug.
L. Keller
CAMET Research, Inc.
Goleta, CA
