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From: clarkm@tekig4.TEK.COM (Clark Morgan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Commodore's handling of the Amiga  [was Re: Apple stumbles...]
Message-ID: <2133@tekig4.TEK.COM>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 04:25:30 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 11 04:25:30 1987
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Reply-To: clarkm@tekig4.UUCP (Clark Morgan)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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In article <4120@ccicpg.UUCP> harald@ccicpg.UUCP ( Harald Milne) writes:
...
>	Perhaps you can tell me what appletalk is good for? We are are not into
>desktop publishing, although that's trivial with UNIX tools. After all with
>UNIX, you are camera ready with phototype of a book, of which many UNIX books
>are already done. Guess you shouldn't tell anyone about that.

Sorry, I can't let this comment pass.  First, let me say that I do not
suffer from the "my computer/OS is better/bigger/faster than yours."
However, when possible, I do try to use the most efficient tool for the
job at hand.  And in my opinion, the term "Unix desktop publishing tools"
is an oxymoron at best.  These tools are certainly not WYSIWYG and they
have severe limitations with respect to producing embedded graphics
within text.  I've used the Unix tools on many occasions and they do a
great job producing a memo or a long document ... just so long as that
memo/document doesn't need graphics.  If it does, it's time to pull out
scissors, ruler, scotch tape, and the almighty photocopier.  That's not
"trivial," in my estimation.  That's drudgery.

>-- 
>Work: Computer Consoles Inc. (CCI), Advanced Development Group (ADG)
>      Irvine, CA (RISCy business! Home of the CCI POWER 6/32)
>UUCP: uunet!ccicpg!harald

This is my opinion, not my employer's.
-- 
Clark Morgan, Tektronix Lab Instruments Engineering  (503) 627-3545
clarkm@tekig4.TEK.COM   or  {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!clarkm  
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