Re: Nibbles Magazines ISO

["Shawn B." <leabre@html.com>]

> Like most people I'm quite interested in the DVD, but it is a _major_
> investment. Being able to search the text of the PDFs would definitely be
> a deciding factor...

Interesting point.  I never thought of that.  For the most part, I rarely
search through the digital magazine archives that I've purchased (and
continue to update about every 2 years) (BYTE, MSDN/MSJ, Delphi Inormant,
Java Developer Magazine, Etc.),  but I do search when required.  For an
Apple, I might want to get as much information as I can regarding a
particular memory location (which might indicate a particular operation,
such as setting HiRes).... but if I can't do even that, then $140 is
definately too high.  But that will never happen, it would be way too much
effort.

Perhaps if Nibble would offer free DVD's to people who have volunteered
their time to make a couple issues searchable.  I have very good OCR
software (I scan all my bills, receipts, and other important documents, OCR
them, and PDF and store an offset copy periodically).  I'd be willing to
volunteer some of my time to OCR and proofread a few issues in exchange for
a handout... plus shipping, of course.

I'm sure others would be willing, also.


Thanks,
Shawn