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From: Michael Hayes <hayesm@wpi.edu>
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Subject: Re: Word Process Anywhere Beta Testers Needed
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:34:30 -0500
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>So tell me:  why in the world would anyone want to go online just to do
>word processing?  What am I missing here?

Is this the same as the question posed some years ago: 'Who in the world
will ever need a PC?'  Ever hear of WebTV or Oracle's Network Computer?
It seems like an on-line WP or maybe the suggestion to look into one as we
did is not such a bad idea...