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Article #3854Re: Better editors
From: Georg Wiegand
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 00:00
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Hello!
>>>>> In article <svh+-2205961454470001@usenet.pitt.edu>
>>>>> �svh+@pitt.edu (Shawn V. Hernan)� wrote:
>
>In article <4nv72n$cku@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU>, mdj@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au
>(Matt) wrote:
>
>>
>> Hehe, too true. Give me that p160, a unix OS to run on it, vi, tex and
>> 20 terminals, and 20 ppl will be laying out documents, 20 times as fast,
>> 1/20th the cost.
>
>
>You obviously haven't looked at the cost breakdowns for a typical
>organization. Computers are cheap. Its *people* that are expensive. 20
>people will cost much more than any of the common desktop computers.
(1) Word for 20 users is expensive, while TeX for 1-1000++ users
doesn't cost anything.
(2) You would work faster with TeX than with Word, so 20 p./TeX are
faster than 20 p./Word.
Ciao, George
--
"I'd love to go out with you, but the last time I went out, I never
came back."
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