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Subject:Re: Anybody heard of PC Docs? From:"Walker, Arlen P" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 2 Apr 1998 13:29:38 -0600
Apparently this is a document-management package; it may also have
some editing/formatting capability. Our legal department (major
southeastern US utility company) is going to force us to adopt it as
a standard, if rumor is to be believed.
We looked at it a few years ago. As I recall its features, it won't do much
for a doc department. (The difference between "document management" and
"documentation management" is subtle but meaningful.) It's a great system
for tracking the paper that's inevitably generated by business practices
(PO's, requests, memos, etc.) but I wouldn't want to depend upon it for
version control in a documentation project.
Legal departments are prime users of PC DOCS; it's great at tracking
depositions, evidence, disclosures, etc. Its strong points are in the
indexing and retrieval areas.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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