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From: chavez@ksl.stanford.edu (R. Martin Chavez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT's BIG 3.5" mistake.
Message-ID: <911@lindy.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 26 Oct 88 02:23:57 GMT
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In article <4003@encore.UUCP> bzs@encore.com (Barry Shein) writes:
>
>What *I* don't understand is that this is supposed to be attractive
>due to its "instant gratification" aspect (ie. you suddenly got an
>urge for that game tucked away in there? Just run over to the phone
>and have it released!) BUT, a lot of software really requires manuals
>to get started with.

Jobs suggested that manuals would also be distributed electronically,
in Digital Librarian format.

R. Martin Chavez
Stanford Medical School