Re: CACM -- photocopiability

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From: Kurt Guntheroth
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 21:04

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From article <Jun.18.09.55.19.1991.3654@paul.rutgers.edu>,
by koeneman@paul.rutgers.edu (Juergen Koenemann):
>
>    CACM articles are deliberately presented in a way that
>    discourages xeroxing and archiving and retrival
>    in order to force people to buy ACM Press books with
>    articles reprinted in a normal scientific useful way

Well when I phoned them to complain, they said that they didn't design the
magazine for ease in copying, but rather for aesthetic design.  The person I
talked assured me that if the ACM didn't want an aesthetic design they
wouldn't have hired him.  Should have gotten his name so I could make a more
specific suggestion on how to improve the CACM.

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From: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth)
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