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  • Subject: Re: New survey on www.midrange.com
  • From: "Joe Teff" <jteff19@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 13:33:02 -0500

>IMHO, the poll results may be a little vague.  My preference depends
>on what I am trying to do.  If I've studying a concept (e.g. the first
>time through the Work Management Guide), you can't beat a real book.
>OTOH, if I am looking up reference information, such as an API or HLL
>question, I prefer electronic documentation (but NOT online).
>And if I don't know exactly where to look, then I *really* prefer
>local electronic documentation.  Even with IBM's less than optimum
>Library Reader search facilities (compared to stuff like MSDN), it
>beats a bookcase of paper.

My thought process was similar, though the end result was different. I
made my choice based on the assumption that if we only had one option,
I'd rather have paper.

Joe Teff

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