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Originally Posted by brecklundin
I understand your observation here. But I would add that this ability to "print to the Que" is in no way unique to the Que. I can "print to" any device that reads PDF files, or any other file format that one can either save a file to or can grab a printer driver for...it can be directly to the device if it appears either as network resource or to a directory/network location that the device monitors then grabs any new content or notifies me or I can visit manually.
I would add I also get what the Que is trying to push as something special. but I would also add that it is nothing new nor special. Hell, I made stuff like this work for mobile sales rps and even setup data deliverables of our analytical lab for out clients if they would call our dial-up server to grab the results...this was in the early 90s under DOS/Netware and eventually Windows 3.x. The marketing staff used Goldmine and we had rudimentary ability to sync info either via dial-up or when they landed back at their home network...and all of the documents were their for anyone who had the right access permissions from any of our branch offices...seems to me PL is proud of re-inventing the wheel so there has to have been something special in the presentation we aren't seeing.
So maybe someone can explain why this thing is so great?
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Most of what you said is beyond my computer technical abilities --- so even if the Que is nothing new, the fact that it sounds like it is something I can used is probably indicative that the Que is "mainstreaming" the concept that you mentioned in your post.