Subject: Re: New Century Network From: tgl@ozemail.com.au (Thomas Liddle) Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 22:09:47 +1000

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>On Thu, 20 Apr 1995, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols wrote:
>
>> > Or does the newspaper
>> > industry arrogantly believe that it can control content of every
>> > kind?
>
>Actually, it is becoming more a matter of survival.  More people are
>turning to on-line sources for their information and this is cutting into
>subscription bases.  As the price of "virtually unlimited time" drops,
>the desirability of on-line increases.  Why by a 5 lb bundle of pulp when
>I can print a 10 page "clip" to read on the train.
>It won't be too long before your news-stand will be a booth surrounded by
>touch-screens and laser-printers.

Yeppers! I read The Wall Street Journal daily on the train after
downloading it through the Relevant Edition software available at
http://www.ensemble.com. But I don't know about the laser printers. That's
back to the paper solution, or problem. Better for all to read it on their
laptops or PDAs.


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