>When learning a complex new concept, a hardcopy manual where you can >stick a finger in a page, flip backwards, view multiple pages at once, >refer to another chapter etc. is much easier than softcopy. Is it >surprising that a 1000 page manual contains information that softcopy >users never see?
50 years from now, when Ph.D. students are writing dissertations on "Why the mainframe disappeared" I suspect they will narrow the search to two very basic, interrelated issues: 1. Lack of a hands-on hobby version, and 2. Lack of good study documentation. On-line manuals are great for looking up an isolated fact; IMHO, they leave much to be desired for serious study. Bill Ogden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
