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From: stevec@uthub.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Aggravating manuals
Message-ID: <599@uthub.toronto.edu>
Date: Mon, 28-Sep-87 13:12:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 28 13:12:58 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 29-Sep-87 01:16:42 EDT
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Reply-To: stevec@uthub.UUCP (Stephen Curran)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Keywords: demand improvements!
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Summary: The reason WHY!

I suspect the reason for using softbound books rather then binders is
to make photocopying a pain on cheap software.  I bought TC for $75
(Canadian!!!) and see no point in anyone copying it because I would
never allow such a thing, and the photocopying of the manual would
be a royal pain.  For $75 it is not worth the hassle of photocopying a
softbound book, but a binder you can just pull out the pages, slap
in a sheet feeder and get a copy in minutes.

I agree its a pain, but I bet it keeps the price down even more
then just the binding cost.

...stevec