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Citation for info on the fate of minicomputer-based typesetting firms
editThanks for your additions to Typesetting. The content is basically fine except for a few points:
- when adding new text to an article please do not remove extant text or passages, as removal of content is considered a form of vandalism
- I have edited the article to restore the text you removed, and kept most of the new text you added
- a reference or citation is needed for the following statement –
- "...By the year 2000, this industry segment had shrunk to serving primarily educational, reference, and professional publisers. In addition, the majority of this work, especially keying and data conversion, has moved off-shore to countries such as India and the Philippines."
I snipped it out of the article for the meantime, until it can be verified.
The original paragraph for context:
- "Before the 1980s practically all typesetting for publishers and advertisers was performed by specialist typesetting companies. These companies, many of which in the US were located in rural Pennsylvania, New England or the Midwest where labor was cheap but within a few hours distance of the major publishing centers, performed keyboarding, editing and production of paper or film output, and formed a large component of the graphic arts industry. By the year 2000, this industry segment had shrunk to serving primarily educational, reference, and professional publisers. In addition, the majority of this work, especially keying and data conversion, has moved off-shore to countries such as India and the Philippines."