>    SOME companies, on the other hand, seem to have completely
>    missed this point.  A month or so ago, the postman delivered an
>       <snip>
>    I declined, of course... Although if the initially-shipped free
>    version had been on CD-ROM, I might've paid $35 to get it on
>    paper.

I, on the other hand, called up and spoke to the publisher when it arrived.
 I explained to him that I do NOT use a paper copy of data books and such
as he was publishing if the material was available on CD, and that the
$230+/- price on his CD was out of line.  I have received these unsolicited
mailings every year, and have several years of them (in the original
cartons, only opened to see if maybe a CD was somehow included) piled in my
garage waiting to be remembered on recycling day.

After I explained how I rely on Acrobat and HTML for data, he and I worked
out an agreement that is suitable for both of us.  He promised that he
_would_ consider changing things around if there was sufficient need.

Sure, sometimes a book is nice.  But I really like to find what I want by
pressing Ctrl-F and waiting a couple seconds.  So much nicer than flipping
through the books to find the right page.

Andy

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