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From: johnw@astroatc.UUCP (John F. Wardale)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.software-eng,comp.edu
Subject: Re: Offices versus Cubicals
Message-ID: <734@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jan 88 03:15:39 GMT
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Reply-To: johnw@astroatc.UUCP (John F. Wardale)
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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Keywords: programmer productivity, experiments, studies

I agree that cubicals increase the distraction level, but
we have 6 people working of various parts of a system-kernel and
its IO drivers.  From a group point of view, its VERY frequently
nice to ask "the right person" when he/she is in your office.

This is may be an odd case, but I just want to suggest that
cubicle may increase TOTAL-Productivity.  :-(  :-(

I'd also add that 6 is on the high side of what I'd draw as the
limit to the number of people that can productively maintain cubes
in one room.

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