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From: marks@agcsun.UUCP (Mark Shepherd)
Newsgroups: comp.groupware
Subject: 2 comments
Message-ID: <872@agcsun.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 91 17:27:56 GMT
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I have comments on two recently posted articles:

cazier@mbunix.mitre.org thinks that someone should start a discussion
on the use of software in a workgroup environment, CASE, software
management, common software, what is groupware, X-windows, etc. What are
you waiting for?

Nick Szabo thinks that the emotional content of sound and video is
often shallow and unnecessary. In a purely technical discussion this
can be true, however it is arguable that the most important group
interactions (which is what groupware is all about) are the ones dealing
with personal (i.e. emotional) rather than technical issues. I would 
even go further and say that long-term, real-world electronic collaboration
is only possible with media that can adequately carry the emotional
content.

Mark Shepherd
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