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Subject:Apples vs. Oranges From:Bill Swallow/commsoft <wswallow -at- COMMSOFT -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:20:22 -0500
One is not better than the other. They are two distinctly different items
within the same family: fruit - much like online and print documentation.
Some people prefer a quick crisp bite to the meat of the fruit, others
prefer to slowly peel off the rind, savoring the zesty spray before
ingesting the fruit piece by piece.
