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Re:Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient by macmac on Monday November 30, 2009 @03:07PM (#968557)
You ignore the qualifier at the end "high ratio of formatting ``business'' to textual content". With that in mind i certainly do not think your assertion is right. The average business memo has - or should have - very little formatting.
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Re:Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient by shizcakes on Monday November 30, 2009 @04:30PM (#968733)
"business" in this context seems to mean 'activity' rather than 'for the purposes of commerce'.
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Re:Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient by macmac on Monday November 30, 2009 @05:47PM (#968871)
I realize that. I used a business memo as an example of a mainstream document type, not as a ref to "business".
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