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Article #297Re: FTP defn of SGML (my $0.02 worth).
From: Prabhakar M. Koushik
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 20:21
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 20:21
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In article <BZS.90Sep30142336@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: >It widens the audience vastly when, eg, every CS dept has an >electronic copy of (say) OSI docs. Right now I bet very few people in >CS depts in the US have ever even seen one of these documents, let >alone come to depend on them as a reference base. I know in the 10 >years I spent at Boston University I never saw one around. What I have >I had to hunt down and order (and yes, had to work hard to learn what >to even ask for!) I think Barry's point is well taken. Anyhing I would have to say on this would be an exact echo. It is not by making things inaccessible that you can drive up its popularity/audience. While the issue of cost recovery etc. cannot be ignored, it shouldn't be the primary deterrent. -Koushik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- std. discalimers apply. e-mail to koushik@vtodie.cs.vt.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!vtserf!creatures!isrmac1!koushik From: koushik@isrmac1.cs.vt.edu (Prabhakar M. Koushik) Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml Subject: Re: FTP defn of SGML (my $0.02 worth). Message-ID: <600@creatures.cs.vt.edu> Date: 1 Oct 90 20:21:38 GMT References: <1990Sep24.174222.22487@terminator.cc.umich.edu> <BZS.90Sep28173259@world.std.com> <1990Sep30.024100.9645@cbnewsi.att.com> <BZS.90Sep30142336@world.std.com> Sender: usenet@creatures.cs.vt.edu Reply-To: koushik@isrmac1.cs.vt.edu (Prabhakar M. Koushik) Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science, Blacksburg, VA Lines: 18