On Sat, 02 Feb 2002 17:05:38 -0800, Ken wrote:
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> Ken wrote:
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>> >   Btw, LaTeX is not only a geeks' tool. It's really used quite a lot for
>> > serious publications (specially scientific ones).
>> 
>> Were it not for the rare mention of it here in the news groups I would
>> have never heard of it.
> 
> I just got back home from a major software retailer and they neither
> carry nor have ever heard of LaTeX.

They don't carry it because there's no margin on freeware.

They've never heard of it because the minimum-wage high-school students 
who work there don't tend to know about anything but the extended warranty
program and maybe the currently popular games.

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