Digital BW, The Print

That was pathetic. Don't know what your implying in the least. Despite the fact that the web was invented by and for the scientific community, it was not universally used by most scientists in the early days of slow computers and poor interface, most of these dialogues in biological specialties were always held at annual conferences, where "papers" were given by those that had sponsorships of major institutions like NIH, Bethesda Medical, big universities, various European and Asian government sponsored groups etc. It has only been within the last decade or so that the web has been the primary source of daily direct communication for them, by passing their own sponsors and by passing published periodicals like Science, Nature, etc, that in the past held the most influence in gaining access to big grants, etc, etc. 

But this is side comment and totally insignificant to the prospect of open source flat bed designs for printing. I'm sorry I brought it up in passing.

j


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus" <dlruckus@...> wrote:
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> Actually the net precursor (ARPA) has been around for a half century or more and scientists long long ago left the dungeons and spooky castles for interconnected labs.Even the Epsons of the world couldn't survive without constant streams of outside input.There is information on just about anything available to just about anyone. It does take effort to come by it but all it takes is the will to do it.
> That will is much easier to marshal if one is being paid for the effort and can spend full time doing it. Most aren't in a position to do that and some simply have spread backsides and want others to do all the lifting.(Not making any implication here John :-))
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> Regards,
> Duane
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