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Originally Posted by kazbates
Tompe and Elfwreck, thanks for the informational responses to my question!  I agree that my supposition would only apply to more recent publications. Back in the early 80's, I worked for a government agency that was pretty much on the cutting edge of technology and we practically had to beg our end users to use the software we developed to make their jobs easier! You can lead a horse to water. . .
I know my view was/is a little simplistic, but I get frustrated with the short-sightedness of publishing companies or any company for that matter that doesn't take advantage of the technology available as long as it is cost effective.
Kaz |
I agree for any other company. However, there IS a mindset within the publishing industry of being a bastion of staid gentility, of nearly 'Victorianism'. While the rest of the world has raced to the future, one works best within the publishing giants if one imagines oneself sharpening one's quills prior to receiving pads of foolscap straight from Charles Dickens himself.
In such an environment, there is no 'computer', no 'digital storage', no 'electronically-formatted text file'. No doubt several of the CEOs of major publishing firms who lovingly maintain massive buggy-whip collections.
Derek