My personal opinion is that printed manuals should stay, but allow vendors to charge an extra fee for a copy of a printed manual. With everything going to html or.pdf format it's gotta be driving the cost of software down at least a bit, but it's still nice to have a printed manual avaialable for those of us who prefer to have a physical in hand reference.
Third party vendors seem to be doing a fair job of putting out printed material on software though as well, and as long as that market continues to thrive then the vendors shouldn't be able to charge an arm and a leg for printed documentation, but they should be allowed to regain their costs.
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My personal opinion is that printed manuals should stay, but allow vendors to charge an extra fee for a copy of a printed manual. With everything going to html or .pdf format it's gotta be driving the cost of software down at least a bit, but it's still nice to have a printed manual avaialable for those of us who prefer to have a physical in hand reference.
Third party vendors seem to be doing a fair job of putting out printed material on software though as well, and as long as that market continues to thrive then the vendors shouldn't be able to charge an arm and a leg for printed documentation, but they should be allowed to regain their costs.
Just my 2 cents worth.