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Subject:Re: TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY From:DURL <durl -at- BUFFNET -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:16:56 -0500
I pretty much agree. Two thoughts to add, though:
Depends on (a) how badly you need the content
and (b) if there are any other sources available.
Mary
Mary Durlak Erie Documentation Inc.
East Aurora, New York (near Buffalo)
durl -at- buffnet -dot- net
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Damien Braniff wrote:
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But even bad layout can be tolerated if
> the content is there (not desirable I agree!). More than once I've
> ploughed through badly formatted docs to find information simply because
> there was nothing else available. You grumbled about the format but, as
> long as you found what you wanted, it was just a grumble. If you didn't
> find what you wanted then you really complained. Remember the early
> computer books - everything was there, just horrible to use.
