Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!amdahl!fai!stevem From: stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman) Newsgroups: net.text,net.unix Subject: Re: Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing Message-ID: <362@fai.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 14:26:43 EDT Article-I.D.: fai.362 Posted: Mon Sep 15 14:26:43 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Sep-86 22:12:39 EDT References: <1246@kitty.UUCP> <709@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <344@fai.UUCP> <575@ih1ap.UUCP> Reply-To: stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman) Organization: Fujitsu America, Inc. Lines: 36 Keywords: ``vi'' word-processing non-programmers Xref: mnetor net.text:994 net.unix:5525 >>In article <344@fai.UUCP>, I wrote: >>... >> 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 similar machine) you can >> teach casual 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. >> --- >In article <575@ih1ap.UUCP> sja@ih1ap.UUCP (Steve Alesch) writes: > >Come on, get serious!!! Your [sic] suggesting a 3 secretary law office needs >a $300,000 system!!! >-- Read what I wrote again. Point one is that you can get a Vax for under $30,000. There is no reason to pay $300,000. The second point is that I didn't say go out and buy a Vax. I said don't go out and buy a PC for everyone. If you have a mini that will serve the same purpose as buying numerous PCs and that mini has excess capacity, use it. If you want to go out and spend $300,000 for a mid-range Vax that will serve 40 to 50 users for the sole use of 3 people, that's up to you; but, I sure wouldn't. -- --- Steven A. Minneman (Fujitsu America Inc, San Jose, Ca) !seismo!amdahl!fai!stevem or !ihnp4!pesnta!fai!stevem The best government is no government at all.