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In <199706251749.SAA02139@fell.open.ac.uk> Chris Rowley <C.A.Rowley@OPEN.AC.UK> writes:
>Bernard GAULLE wrote --

>> seems to be widely admited: 20 000 000 of LaTeX users worldwile
>>                        and  30 000 000 of Word users.

>!!!! That's a medium sized country all typing away !!!!

>Are there enough computers for them all?

Yes. The latest estimates are around 100 000 000 PCs worldwide.
M$ sold > 30 000 000 copies of W$'95... :-(

But of course LaTeX isn't running on every _third_ computer...

Regards
        Martin

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