Dialog discusses pricing : an interview with dialog's president Roger K. Summit

• Published in: Online (Weston, Conn.) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 40 - 43
• Main Author: GARMAN, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wilton, CT Online 1990; Information Today, Inc; Online, Inc
• Subjects: Company pricing policy; Computerised information retrieval; Computerized information services; Computerized information storage and retrieval; Database industry; Database searching; DIALOG; Exact sciences and technology; Fees for services; Information and communication sciences; Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction; Information retrieval systems. Information and document management system; Information science. Documentation; Information services; Information storage and retrieval; Information work; Internet/Web search services; Magnetic tape; Online information retrieval; Online searching; Prices and rates; Pricing; Sciences and techniques of general use; Searching; Subject indexing; Summit, Roger K; System design and modelling; Technical services; Database; Host computer; Supplier; Tariffication; Interview
• ISSN: 0146-5422; 2324-9706

Roger K. Summit discusses DIALOG's approach to the issue of on-line data base pricing. The records printed out from a data base provide the added value contributed by the data base producer and the connect time is the added value contributed by the vendor (in this case DIALOG). A better method of pricing would be achieved if the data base producers' income came from displayed records whilst the vendors' income cam from the connect hours. Other pricing variations and obstacles to new pricing methods are discussed. 00 N.L.M.