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From: dts@quad.uucp (David T. Sandberg)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Low Productivity of Knowledge Workers
Message-ID: <284@quad.uucp>
Date: 21 Sep 89 23:41:56 GMT
References: <9676@venera.isi.edu> <189@crucible.UUCP> <291@voa3.UUCP> <7765@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: dts@quad.uucp (David T. Sandberg)
Organization: Quadric Systems, Richfield MN
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In article <7765@microsoft.UUCP> philba@microsoft.UUCP (Phil Barrett) writes:
>There is a dark side to email...
>Some people just can't write but their verbal expression is good.

That sword swings both directions.  Some people express themselves
much better in writing than they do verbally.  I, for one.  In that
regard, I would rather use email than many other forms of business
communication.

One factor which I believe contributes to less-than-hoped-for gains
from entering the computer realm is that many people/companies are
unwilling to embrace the technology to such an extent where they gain
the full benefit of it.  One place I know of produces a large volume
of paper in-house mail, and has ongoing problems with miscommunication.
Still, they refuse to use email, even though everyone in the company
has a terminal readily available to him/her.  I've suggested increased
usage of email several times, but they don't want to touch it.

-- 
                                  David Sandberg - Quadric Systems
 "As of Friday, August 25, 1989,  PSEUDO: dts@quad.uucp
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