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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (17171)	2/6/1998 11:00:00 AM
From: K. M. Strickler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

I couldn't agree with you more! I too go and buy the 'books' for the programs that I really have to 'get into', the the cost is enormous! But for the programs that I don't have to get into the 'book' level, the CD is 'kind of' OK. Print a couple of pages or so! What I miss it the ability open various references at the same time and make comparisons. I find that sometimes the CD doesn't quite get to the 'depth' that I need to get the job done, where in most cases the books would. As the software becomes more and more complex, I'm not sure that it won't take both CD's and books to resolve a problem, and for those really 'nasty' ones you still have to call support! Now you are in the 'spending' lane (like $195 per incident) and I just can't go there, so some of my code goes to 'bloatware' as I try to code around the problem! I don't know how to solve the problem since I think that those who do not need the books, shouldn't have to pay for them! If MSFT adds $50 to everything sold so that those of us who need the support to write the programs that others use, won't there be a 'cry' of 'pushing up the prices'? Still there is nothing like a good 'book' and a 'cup-a-joe'! As for carpel tunnel, I switched to the MS Natural Keyboard and I am not bothered any more. I DO KNOW THE PAIN! Thoughts? Ken