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Subject:Negroponte & The Future From:Roy Johnson <Roy -at- MANTEX -dot- DEMON -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Tue, 23 May 1995 13:52:01 GMT
Nancy Ott wonders about Negroponte's predictions for the
future of technical writers, but agrees "we are already seeing the
shift from paper to online delivery of information"
Quite, Nancy! Here's a quote from Microsoft's ad for "Bob"
in the latest edition of WIRED -
"Bob has personal guides - on screen animated characters - that
lead you every step of the way. In fact, Bob is so easy to use,
it doesn't even come with a manual. No manual. How easy can you get?"
[btw - shouldn't that be "on-screen"?]
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