Re: New survey on www.midrange.com

[dhandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Douglas Handy)]

David,

>Excelent idea ... check out http://www.midrange.com for the new
>survey topic.

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.

I keep the entire softcopy CD stored on my PC's hard drive to make
searches and lookups faster.  I have icons to take me directly to
certain books or shelves, and with multiple monitor support I can view
the book, emulation sessions(s), and my PC-based editor all at the
same time.

PC disk drives are so cheap, I keep several CDs loaded into separate
partitions, and let the software think the partition is my CD-ROM
letter.  I keep the softcopy library, News/400 reference, MC
ResourceCD, and MSDN all available at a keystroke.

Since I tend to do reference type lookups much more frequently than
studying entire concepts, I cast my vote for the electronic CD-ROM
documentation preference.

Doug
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