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Re: [OM] re: FAQ

Subject: Re: [OM] re: FAQ
From: "R. Lee Hawkins" <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 22:53:09 -0400
Cc: lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In your message dated: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 19:15:24 -0800 you write:
>
>Chris is right: this would be my number one suggestion as well,
>closely followed by WordPerfect and FrameMaker -- which are not

Have you ever looked at the prices for these for Unix?  You seriously
think I could convince my university to get WP or FrameMaker just for
the FAQ?  And isn't that using a sledge hammer to drive a finish nail,
anyway?

>free, but are available on just about any OS platform, and hence
>are often site-licensed by academic institutions.  I say "would

Not when you can get a site licence for the Windoz version much cheaper.

>be", because I avoid at all costs the business of convincing the
>inconvincibles.

I'm not inconvincible.  It's just that no one has yet convinced me that
the benefits outweigh the increased effort (or are indeed worth it at
all).

Cheers,
--Lee

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