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From: John_M@spectrix.UUCP (John Macdonald)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: Yuppie software
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Date: 28 Jan 88 23:45:34 GMT
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It is not as outrageous as people have been making out to generate
internal memoes using a desktop publishing package.  Of course you
will get a huge number of font/style/size changes on each line.

It is far better to learn how to use powerful new tools on short
exercises sent to a tolerant audience than to have to start your
learning on a major effort, for a critical audience, without any
extra time to learn the basic techniques (much less the advanced
features).

Of course, this does not excuse neglecting essential work to play
with every toy that comes along ("But boss, what if the company
comes up against a customer that chooses their supplier by comparing
rogue score files?").
-- 
John Macdonald   UUCP:    {mnetor,utzoo}             !spectrix!jmm
                 UUCP:    {utecfb,ontmoh,spectrix}   !bml!jmm
(formerly of Spectrix, still using their computer for news)
Now working for Brown Manufacturing, Ltd. (soon to have their own feed)
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