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Subject:Re: documentation software From:Erik Harris <ewh -at- PLAZA -dot- DS -dot- ADP -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 21 Oct 1994 12:15:22 -0800
(Commentary on the post below:)
>Ken:
>As regards:
>*******************************
>... probably is harder for someone who is grounded the the Gold Dust Twins,
>Word and WordPerfect, precisely because it does not speak the same
>language....
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>Gold Dust Twins? I've never heard them called that before; what the heck
>does it mean? (And I presume you mean "grounded in.")
>Doug "There are no small projects,
>ENGSTROMDD -at- phibred -dot- com just incredibly bad initial
> estimates."
I get it -- it's a joke about the Glimmer Twins, Mick and Keith, right?
Because WP and Word are ancient standards in their fields that are wildly
showing their age but won't quit?
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Quod erat demonstrandum
Erik Harris
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