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From: kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England))
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Uses of CDROMS / WORMS
Summary: CD ROMs used by Anderson accountants
Message-ID: <19789@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 9 Feb 88 18:10:07 GMT
References: <5267@columbia.edu> <5160@well.UUCP>
Organization: Boston Univ. Information Tech. Dept.
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	I saw a reference in InfoWorld this week [pg 24] about how Arthur
Anderson & Co has developed a CD ROM for their auditor's that allows
them to carry to their client's site all the technical reference
material they might need to research client questions.  The reference
material includes regulations, standards, precedents, and procedures.
Anderson has already developed auditing software for portable PCs and
their auditors already use PCs in the field.
	The article doesn't state how often the data changes (once a
year?) nor how many copies they produce (must be in the low thousands
or upper hundreds).

	Kent England, Boston U