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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:59:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft the GUI King (was Re: ATT Unix for Windows)
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On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, John Fieber wrote:

> You neglect large application domains where not using a
> mouse/trackball/graphic tablet is just plain silly.  Ever try
> using cad software with only a keybord?  It can be done, but
> it is astonishingly tedious and inefficient.

You are correct, I forgot about these particular applications.  They are
very much mouse dependant.  Drawing/cad programs in general have to be.

Jamie Bowden

System Administrator, iTRiBE.net