Bookstores [Was: Re: Going OT [Was: Re: Replacing PBXes with Open Source]]

[Jerry Feldman]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:39:44 -0400
Jon maddog Hall <maddog at li.org> wrote:

> I will have to agree with Ben.  Despite the fact that I too love the
> feeling of pages turning between my hands, and I love taking that book
> out under the tree, or into the hammock in the back yard, there are
> economies that will force printed books out of existence.
Great post.
I too prefer books. I am uncomfortable reading large amounts of online
text. Maybe if I had one of Thad Starner's wearables with high
resolution glasses, I could join Maddog under the tree with a computer. 
Years ago I learned how to use an abacus. I still have it somewhere.
It's much closer to Linux than Windows since you never get a blue screen
of death with it :-)
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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