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From: jmann@angmar.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Corrupt?
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Date: 26 Sep 90 16:50:48 GMT
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The manual supplied with Word for Windows is in fact quite good and
quite useful for most users of WfW, who have little or no need for the
Technical Manual. 

Yes, Microsoft could have included the Technical Manual (useless to 80+ percent
of the users) and jacked the price up to cover the additional manual. Or they
could do what they did: provide the manual most people need and let only
those who really need the technical manual buy it.

Note that they did the same basic thing with their mouse. Most people
don't program the mouse, don't develop menus for it, etc. Therefore, the
mouse comes just with a basic manual on how to use the mouse. If you 
want to program the mouse (something perhaps only a couple percent of the 
mouse users want to do) you can buy the Mouse Tech Reference.

Jim Mann
Stratus Computer
jmann@es.stratus.com