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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Fed up with MIPS
Message-ID: <1319@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 89 13:11:28 GMT
References: <76700077@p.cs.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center
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In article <76700077@p.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:

|  But most office clerical work needs no more than an XT 8088 machine
|  and WordPerfect.  They don't need color, SPICE, or a large database.
|  Let's hope these clericals are doomed, or the PC industry will die as
|  they flourish.

  Sorry, you're making poor use of your clerical workers. SPICE they
don't need, but access to databases, color highlighting for better
productivity, and bit mapped graphics to display pictures and drawings
all boost productivity.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon