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> Most of us don't need tools that are focused on producing a beautiful
> but static fossil record of information.
I would say LaTeX source files is one of the least 'fossil record of information'. Many scientific journals are typeset in LaTeX and many books that are updated frequently.
> What is needed in these cases is
> an industrial-strength authoring tool (probably coupled with
> content management) rather than a fine typesetting tool.
Well, Framemaker, InDesign, Ventura are not exactly 'authoring tools' either. Besides, you can use MS Word to write the documentation and save as LaTeX, using a plugin.
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