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In article <604@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM> mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer) writes:
>                             Hey IBM,  ever hear of hypertext?
>CD-ROM?

Yep, and more & more manuals are coming out that way!  All the documentation
for the RISC System/6000s is available on CD-ROM in hypertext format, for
example.  So are the publications for the newly announced VM/ESA operating
system.  There are probably others that I don't know about.

CD-ROM publishing makes sense for everyone, manufacturers and users alike.
The pubs are more usable by users and cheaper for users and manufacturers
alike.  It'll take a while to switch everything, I'm sure (IBM is one of the
largest publishers in the world, I believe), but the trend seems well
established.


Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
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