<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As many of you know by now I have been writing a book called "Timeline" since 2006<br><br>It is a comprehensive look at electronic editing's history from 1956-2010<br>gleaned from interviews with many of the main players<br><br>I am in the text edit phase of the project which runs to 600 pages. <br>Apart from the obvious differences between the U.S and Europe in spelling terms <br>like color and colour, or edit suite versus edit bay<br><br>I was wondering what we as a group thought about:<br><br>Off-line versus Offline, Post-production vs. Postproduction?<br><br>It may seem obvious but the various reference points like company product literature, <br>newspaper and magazine reports from the era and general interviews are all at odds<br>with each other. <br><br>Thanks<br>John<br><a href="http://www.velocite.net/">www.velocite.net</a><br><br></body></html>