I had a look at Fleischmann's web site and it is not bad at all - certainly better than most and it would be hard not to be well impressed! It still has some way to go to if it is to compete with printed copy, but it seems to be headed in the right direction.
It would seem logical that this must be the way of the future - hard copy is just SO expensive to prepare, produce and distribute, especially outside of the country of production. Also a good point that you can never seem to get one just when you most need it! Even CD ROMs, as a 'real world', hard product still can suffer from similar difficulties, although obviously the sheer size and weight is greatly reduced over paper versions and they still need to be shipped around the world, albeit more cheaply than paper.
It would seem logical that this must be the way of the future - hard copy is just SO expensive to prepare, produce and distribute, especially outside of the country of production. Also a good point that you can never seem to get one just when you most need it! Even CD ROMs, as a 'real world', hard product still can suffer from similar difficulties, although obviously the sheer size and weight is greatly reduced over paper versions and they still need to be shipped around the world, albeit more cheaply than paper.