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From: jc@crosfield.co.uk (Jerry Cullingford)
Subject: Re: Oxford English Dictionary
Message-ID: <1994May10.084127.1617@crosfield.co.uk>
Organization: Crosfield, Hemel Hempstead, UK
References: <1994May7.063457.4732@afterlife.ncsc.mil> <1994May7.191243.13923@bryson.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 08:41:27 GMT
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In article <1994May7.191243.13923@bryson.demon.co.uk> ross@bryson.demon.co.uk (Ross Beresford) writes:
>I'd like to
>have the CD-ROM for the searching capabilities; but given the much
>higher price (around 400 pounds) and the amount I'd use it, it's not
>good value.

I remember seeing an ad for the _Concise OED_ on CD rom as well - not
as many words, but much cheaper at around 40-50 pounds, I think.

>The Chambers Dictionary is another UK dictionary that's due to be
>published on CD-ROM very shortly (this month, last I heard). The
>price of that is much more sensible at around 50 pounds. This will
>be for IBM PCs and Microsoft Windows (ISBN 0 550 10260 4).


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