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From: jps@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jeff P Szczerbinski)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: The Aesthetics of Computers
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Date: 25 Mar 88 18:51:31 GMT
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Recently, DAVIDLI@SIMVAX.LABMED.UMN.EDU wrote:

> Books are handy things.  They don't require electricity.  They can be taken
> anywhere, anytime.  They can be lent at little cost by virtue of the (slowly
> dwindling) resources of the Public Library System.

Yes but who says that computer literature has to replace books?  It's just
another medium.  Just like TV, radio, and the movies are all different
mediums that came after books.  And have any of them become a direct
replacement for the book.  Never!  Then why should you base your whole
argument on why a book is better than a computer? or why a computer is
better than a book.  They are different mediums of conveying the 
thoughts of a person or group of persons.  Neither is better or worse.
Everything is relevant to the task at hand and to your preferences.
Use what is best for you and don't tell other people what is best for
them.

Jeff