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From: leonard@qiclab.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Aggravating manuals
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Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 22:14:18 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 29 22:14:18 1987
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Organization: Qic Laboratories, Portland, Oregon.
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Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:8529 comp.sys.misc:867 comp.lang.c:4671 comp.lang.pascal:359

There is a very good reason (from their point of view) why Borland and now
Microsoft use softbound manuals instead of binders. Piracy.

If I wanted to pirate a language with all the docs in a binder, I can
walk over to the office copier drop the stack of pages in the "in" bin,
punch for double sided copies and walk off a few minutes later with two
manuals. 

Many people don't have such fancy copiers, but most print shops (Pronto
Print etc) will do the job _and_ drill the holes in the pages for around
$20. (assumming _thick_ docs) 

There is no practical way to copy a softbound manual.

Sorry, but that _is_ the way the world works.

-- 
Leonard Erickson		...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard
CIS: [70465,203]		...!tektronix!reed!qiclab!leonard
"I used to be a hacker. Now I'm a 'microcomputer specialist'.
You know... I'd rather be a hacker."