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Subject: Re: Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing
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Date: Sun, 14-Sep-86 06:04:46 EDT
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> The correct answer to someone asking you what kind of computer to buy
> is *not* "something that runs Unix," "an Amiga," or "an IBM PC clone."
> 
> The correct answer is "something that runs software that does what you
> need it to do." Tell people to go find software that does best what
> they need done, and then buy hardware that it runs on. If possible,
> provide pointers to different places based on what they are looking
> for.

Bravo!

> 
> I don't follow the WP market, but from my last foray into it, I'd
> suspect that the PC-compatable market is best. But that was before
> people considered using Sun-class machines for WP work, so is
> obviously dated.
> 
> Of course, if you go with PC's, you don't have the luxury of finding
> terminals with keyboards your secretarial staff likes. But everything
> has it's price.

Huh?  I recently went shopping for replacment PC keyboards for an office
that didn't like the IBM keyboard.  Everyone and their cousin had them.
-- 

/Dave Edick/

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