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Subject:Re: Why we'll never be paperless From:Richard Lippincott <rlippinc -at- BEV -dot- ETN -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 30 Jan 1995 09:29:36 EST
Bill Amos said:
>Secondly, we have to remember that we are really the elite of the so-called
>Information Age.
True statement. It's easy to lose sight of a few facts, but most of us on
this list:
1) Work in high-tech fields
2) Are interested in high-tech subjects
3) Are surrounded at work by others like us
Let's face it: if you can read this message, you're hooked into the so-called
"information superhighway," and that puts you leaps and bounds in front of
the average person in the world. In many ways, the participants on this list
do -not- represent a fair cross section of society, or even of tech writers.
(There are a lot more hardware tech writers out there than would be suggested
by participation on this list.)
Rick Lippincott
Eaton Semiconductor
Beverly, MA
rlippinc -at- bev -dot- etn -dot- com