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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Low Productivity of Knowledge Workers
Message-ID: <6541@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 15 Oct 89 16:45:25 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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A case can be made that for a site with a large number of non-computer-
trained people will do much better with a single UNIX box and a number
of dumb terminals. You only need one expert... with PCs everyone has to
be computer-literate.

I don't know about you, but I'm glad my department secretary has no problems
sending me mail when a phone call comes in. Or taking orders in email. Or
posting news articles when someone's out for the day.
-- 
Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
Biz: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Fun: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-'
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Quote: Structured Programming is a discipline -- not a straitjacket.