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At 12:49 +0000 1998/11/24, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>i do have one last (trite) remark - why are you (the academic authors
>reading this) spending so much time on arguing about typesetting and
>publishing? why don't you spend my tax money on doing research into
>your subject......?

I find this a much better way to answer Sebastian, turning his statement
around:

I do have one last (trite) remark - why are you (the publishers
reading this) spending so much time on arguing about typesetting and
publishing? Why don't you spend my money on publishing......?

  Hans Aberg
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