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From: sja@ih1ap.UUCP (Steve Alesch)
Newsgroups: net.text,net.unix
Subject: Re: Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing
Message-ID: <575@ih1ap.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Sep-86 00:19:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: ih1ap.575
Posted: Fri Sep 12 00:19:25 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Sep-86 04:24:14 EDT
References: <1246@kitty.UUCP> <709@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <344@fai.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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Keywords: ``vi'' word-processing non-programmers
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Summary: a $300,000 system for a 3 secretary law office????

In article <344@fai.UUCP>, stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman) writes:
...
> I agree with Paul in every respect, except for buying a PC for everyone.
> It's tough if not impossible to teach many people who want to only edit
> documents how to use an editor, a text formatter, and all the system commands.
> However, this is no reason to run the extra expense of buying all those PCs
> -- there are some excellent "word-processing" packages such as LEX-11
> available under both UNIX and VMS for machines such as VAXEN.  If you put your
> word-processing software on the VAX (or similiar machine) you can teach casua
> users of this software how to access it with mimimal interaction with other
> commands and the operating system and yet allow them access to the additional
> power of the larger machine when and if they so desire to learn and use it.-- 
> ---

Come on, get serious!!!  Your suggesting a 3 secretary law office needs
a $300,000 system!!!
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Steve Alesch	AT&T
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