=> Paul Newton wrote: => > Just took delivery of my new laptop a few hours ago - the => "Wordlwide => > Limited Warranty and Technical Support" book is 215 pages => and the "End => > User License Agreement" 113 pages. The number of pages in => English is => > 10 (actually a few lines over nine pages). Thats 97% wasted - I => > wonder how many trees that would work out based on => worldwide sales ? => > => => You'd think they could simply supply the proper language => packet at distribution time....sheesh. So much for => streamlined efficiences. <g> => => Michael J. Babcock, MCP
When I was assembling my barbecue last summer, the directions did not make sense. So I switched to the Spanish version. They were correct. If not for the multilingual instructions, I might still be waiting for a finished barbecue or worse; I could be dead from malnutrition due to the lack of a barbecue. (Russel Stevens will understand that) This is all based on agile distribution and JIT inventory. They make a fixed number of units but have no idea where they will be sold or when. So each package is complete in and of itself. Out the door, out of mind. Do you have any idea how many copies of Dell's User Manual for monitors I would have if I kept them all? Besides who reads that stuff anyway? HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
