Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'

[Dan Goncharoff]

I think the Telegraph expressed something close to what you said: A
spokesman for the OUP said a print version of OED3 could not be ruled
out “if there is sufficient demand at the time” but that its
completion was “likely to be more than a decade” away.

It seems to me any confusion in the press is due to conflicting
statements from OUP representatives, both of which were duly reported
by the Telegraph.

DanG

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 08:29:54PM -0400, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> At 7:57 PM -0400 8/29/10, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>>> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:36:17PM +0000, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>>>   Life in "the cloud" is just too comfortable.  See below.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Sunday Telegraph, London
>>>>
>>>>  Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/7970391/Oxford-English-Dictionary-will-not-be-printed-again.html
>>>>
>>>
>>> This article is not accurate.
>>
>> In which respect(s)?  (It was picked up by at least ABC's network
>> news broadcast tonight.)
>
> No decision has been made about a physical printing of a
> complete OED. We've been saying this for years. OUP CEO Nigel
> Portwood's expressed opinion that he doesn't "think" it will
> happen does not contradict this.
>
> Some of the articles have reported this accurately. Many,
> including the Telegraph, did not.
>
> I might be able to say something official on the subject
> tomorrow, but for now, this is all I can say.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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