<div dir="ltr">Thanks for sharing this interesting article. This software tool is a good example of what happens when something works well. Microsoft Word, Google (at least so far), CDs are other examples. Why change when what you have works "good enough" for most people? Second, it was sufficiently promoted (marketed) to push to the side alternatives. For those of us writing articles and books, every publisher requires use of Word and JPEGS. <div><br></div><div>Regards, Jim Cortada</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM Jonathan Coopersmith via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">And another example of reaching out to a wider community: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div>
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<br><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Stay sane</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">,</span><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Jonathan</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Jonathan Coopersmith</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Professor Emeritus</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Department of History</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Texas A&M University</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">College Station, TX 77843-4236</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">979.739.4708 (cell)</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">with Arthur Daemmrich, “<a style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">The Road Not (Yet) Taken</a>. Historians As Policy Professionals<i>,” AHA Perspectives</i> May 2025, 18-20.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium"></span><font face="verdana, sans-serif"></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">"'What Were We Thinking?' Space Commercialization, 1960-1990," in Brian C. Odom, ed., <i>The Rise of the Commercial Space Industry. Early Space Age to Present</i> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). </font></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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