Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!mephisto!mcnc!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Creative (?) Use of Internet Message-ID: <1990Aug28.201948.25131@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 28 Aug 90 20:19:48 GMT References: <1990Aug28.155415.20002@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia Lines: 25 In article tek@ms.uky.edu (Thomas E. Kunselman) writes: >Here the idea really isn't to track a discussion, rather it would be to >provide documentation for procedures required to complete tasks in an >office. A way to allow multiple users to update their parts of the whole >schedule, allowing users a global view as well as a view into their own areas >of responsibilities. Well, then you want something entirely different from 'conferencing'. You want the equivalent of a large bulletin board on which a schedule is laid out, with only the "correct" people being allowed to change the information on the board. >I'm not talking about real-time communication here. It is often very >inconvenient for people to get together for face to face meetings, even >when they are on the same campus. An electronic system which did not >require all members to be present at the same time seems like a much more >time efficient way do this. Actually, I'd suggest a physical pen-and-paper solution, it would probably be more cost effective. I've seen zillions of organizations waste a lot of money doing stuff like this. -- "Fuck you, Wumpus." -- Joe Stong