Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> Print copy is easier to use. It is interesting that Electronics Document
> actually increase the waste of paper in the real world. It is so easy to
> print the files. Then you throw them away. Then you print again.

This hasn't been our experience. We keep the datasheets in 3-ring binders of 
various sizes, depending on the number of pages. We have binders that are 
over five years old, and still in use.

When we work on a project, sometimes we would just print out the useful 
parts of relevant datasheets, and put the pages in the project's folder. No 
reason to print out the entire datasheet, if all we really care about are 
the dimensions of the footprint, or the pinout.

[snip]
> In the new job, it is totally different, we did not have anything
> initially. All I got in the first month was a laptop computer.
> Now most of the datasheets we got are the links to internet
> and some CDs, seldom we have hard copies.

Printed documentation has intrinsic value. There are things you can do with 
it that aren't possible or practical with electronic documents (the opposite 
is true also).

But what is it with companies and laptops? Can't they grasp the fact that 
screen real estate and a comfortable keyboard matter? If a laptop is really 
necessary, give the guy a real PC *and* a laptop. Or at least a decent 
docking station. 

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