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- From: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT)
- Subject: Re: Well, nice it was folks...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.225518.12381@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Reply-To: rion@Ingres.COM
- Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
- References: <1992Aug19.195039.13803@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 22:55:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug19.195039.13803@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> thomasp@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Patrick Thomas) writes:
- >Anybody out there ? Silence on the list might be the manifestation that
- >there is a hell lot of work done out there in terms of pen-computing. Might
- >also reflect the thought that, as Zachman puts it, Pen-Computing is
- >braindead.
- >
- Could also be that many of the pen-computing companies don't have net
- connections. I KNOW that GRiD doesn't; I used to work there.
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- >No wonder that everybody's trying to jump on two new bandwagons:
- >PenTops and PDA's.
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- Guess I've been away too long. What's a PDA?
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- >PDAs are worthless if
- >
- > * they don't provide cursive handwriting recognition
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- There are a lot of pen apps that do not use handwriting at all. There
- are other ways to get the info into the system than handwriting, and
- many customers who are very happy with pen-based computers that only do
- limited printed handwriting recognition. Worthless? Hardly. Would
- cursive handwriting be a benefit? Of course.
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