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From: bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: System V.4
Message-ID: <1990Oct23.022053.1299@unixland.uucp>
Date: 23 Oct 90 02:20:53 GMT
References: <273@srchtec.UUCP>
Organization: The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix
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>Hmm, I didn't know they were offering online manuals.  I'd heard people mention
>on here that none of the vendors offer the online manuals.  I'm glad at least
>a few have come to their senses.  ESIX seems to be strongly against it.

I wonder what their reasoning is for being "strongly against" online manuals?
Cost maybe?  It sure would be nice to be able to do a "man -k" when I 
need some obscure command, rather than wasting time poring through the
hard-copy manuals -- but then, the price is right for Esix... (or at least
better than the others...)


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