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From: harrison@necssd.NEC.COM (Mark Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Programmers Prefer 8.5 x 11
Summary: I like loose leaf, if the binder has a box.
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Date: 27 Mar 90 15:49:29 GMT
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My 2 cents:

1. I like 8.5 x 11 because it is easy to copy, and because it is easy
   to punch holes in magazine articles, etc, and stick them in.

2. I like the boxes many 5.5 x 8.5 binders come in.  One problem with
   having a lot of looseleaf binders on a shelf is that the spine is
   wider than the other end, and they don't stay on the shelf so well.
   The boxes fix this.

3. For general reading, I like bound books.  I don't like them for
   reference stuff because they don't lie flat and they are too hard
   to copy.  (I heard a Borland guy give a talk, and being hard to
   copy was one of the reasons they went with bound docs... the other
   was the much lower price.)
   the reasons

Note:  the above references to copying should not be interpreted as
       a cavalier approach to other's copyrights... I copy within
       the restrictions of the US copyright code.
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Mark Harrison             harrison@necssd.NEC.COM
(214)518-5050             {necntc, cs.utexas.edu}!necssd!harrison
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