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From: silverio@brahms.berkeley.edu (C J Silverio)
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Subject: Re: Better Docs/more proposals/useful sources of info
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Alastair Dallas writes:
   Really, people, a 3-ring binder?  Why not get one of those 6-foot-long
   metal catalog binders they use at auto parts stores?  Microfiche, anyone?
   I mean, let's bring the solutions up to the 1960s at least.  I'm just
   amazed.

Don't forget that even in this modern age it is still difficult to
beat the convenience and quality of paper and ink technology.

Electronic Publishing isn't hardly in its infancy, but rather a sort of
gestation period. CD-ROMs seem to be supplying the necessary nutrient
mass, but it will still be a long time until Electronic Hiliting,
Electronic Marginal Notes, Electronic Dog Eared Corners, and
Electronic Coffee Stains are correctly implemented. Nevermind the
fine resolution, easy perceptibility, and light weight of paper as
well. By the time the software is done, Hyper-twist LCDs should cost
pennies per pound.

Meanwhile, you won't catch me reading 600 pages of textbook in
Monaco-9.

Right now I am once again going over TextEdit, and cursing the fact
that I don't have all the appropriate Tech Notes (and the brain big
enough to digest all of them simultaneously). 

And right you are, there is plenty of money to be made here. There is
no law preventing some other company from replacing Inside Mac et al.
(providing, of course, that plagiarism is not an issue).