2/14      It was actually really funny this morning in one of my lectures
        the prof totally bagged on Ms_word as being the product from the
        devil in how it deals with images. if you have ever used it you
        know exactly what I mean
          He then proceeded to say USE TEX- for a 50yr old guy saying that
        I was fairly impressed- he them proceeded to say that unlike
        MS-word and others TEX will still be exactly the same 50yrs from
        now, and that it has been the same for the last 20yrs it was the
        standard back then is the standard now and will be the standard
        forever.  - kinney
        \- dont you think it is more likely for a 50yrs old to be using TeX
           than a 20yrs old. Well, some TeX stuff does change like NFSS. --psb
           ["ok tnx" omitted due to smace considerations]
        \_ Doesn't this belong on /csua/tmp/motd.kinney?
           \_ well, it's actually short and concise this time...
           \_ dunno.  is TeX the standard anymoe when more and more things
              are going to pdf?
              \_ You can't author in pdf. You author in TeX and rip to dvi
                 then ps then pdf. It looks great. Many academic papers/
                 dissertations are done this way.
                 \_ Uhm. See also: pdftex/pdflatex. No PS involved, and the DVI
                    is PDF-tailored internally.
                 \_ Why can't you author in PDF with Acrobat?
                    \_ Acrobat isn't an authoring application. It's for
                       putting together docs of all different kinds into
                       a single format. Adobe would have you author in
                       FrameMaker or PageMaker, Microsoft in Word, etc.,
                       but Acrobat isn't the app that does the authoring.
                        \_ not to mention, try laying out an equation in
                           anything but the TeX family -- no way!
                           \_ How about the Equation Editor in M$ Office?  POS?
                              \_ It's crap.  Not even worth mentioning.
                                 TeX can be gnarly, but its equations writing
                                 capabilities are delectable.
        \_ when I was in Cal, it seemed most profs went from powerpoint  to
           pdf and only added ps as an afterthought.  These profs were from the
           28 -> 40 age range
        \_ TeX!  TeX!  TeX is the STANDARD!  -- not the ED guy