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- From: howard@netcom.com (Howard Berkey)
- Subject: Re: Opinions on THINK Reference?
- Message-ID: <6crnl3b.howard@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 08:01:46 GMT
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- References: <1992Sep6.152213.12596@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> <ksand-070992133416@wintermute.apple.com>
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- In article <ksand-070992133416@wintermute.apple.com> ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep6.152213.12596@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>,
- >psweeney@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu wrote:
- >> Is Symantec's THINK Reference worth it? It doesn't support
- >> IM VI, and I have heard of no upgrades. However, I have
- >> seen a friend's copy, and it looks pretty useful.
- >
- >Currently the sold Think Reference does not have all the IM VI
- >information.
- >
- >I've seen that bundle sold for less than $50, I would rather
- >spend the money on this nice package, than sit and have six
- >huge volumes always open on my small table.
-
- I agree... it's the best spent money on tools I've shelled out yet.
-
- >
- >I'm eagerly awaiting the day when all important programming references are
- >integrated to development environments. 411, Blue Notes and
- >Think Reference is just the first generation of lookup tools.
-
- Yes!
-
- >
- >Kent
- >"I would rather have a thousands idiots attacking my position, than
- >have one idiot helping to defend it." [Paraphrased from Voltaire]
-
- sorry man, this idiot had to agree w/you. Maybe 1k idiots will wait for the
- sys 7.5.5/pink/newtonOS version of the reference.
-
- -Howard
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