RE: AS/400 FAQ

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suppose if you _have_ to argue the point, this is as good as any.  But I
wouldn't call it half.  More like 10%.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hall, Philip [mailto:phall@spss.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 9:22 AM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: AS/400 FAQ
> 
> 
> > Quit talkin and start chalkin!  The color or typeface won't make 
> > the information any better or worse.
> 
> This is not strictly true, Brad.
> 
> Although the information in the content itself doesn't change 
> and hence your
> statement is therefore 'half' true, presentation of the 
> information can
> perceivably make the information 'better or worse' to a lot 
> of people. You
> only have to look at the IBM distribution of AS/400 manuals. 
> Presented in
> the BookMangler format, the information seems 'useless', 
> presented in the
> Technical Studio format it seems more (or less ;-) useless 
> depending upon
> your view point. The News/400's Index400 is just a 'wrapper*' 
> over the same
> IBM AS/400 online publications library. But which one do 
> people prefer ?
> 
> Presentation does impact the information content.
> 
> --phil 
> 
> *Note: I'm not belittling the tremendous work put into the 
> Index400 site by
> calling it a wrapper.
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