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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: printf, data presentation
Message-ID: <9287@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 6 Jan 89 04:38:31 GMT
References: <443@marob.MASA.COM>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <443@marob.MASA.COM> daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) writes:
-In article <9281@smoke.BRL.MIL> Doug Gwyn writes (re curses-based interfaces):
->  It's an idea whose time has gone.
-Are you saying that a (relatively) high-priced, ethernet-connected
-graphical display should be installed for every office manager, production
-assistant or data-entry operatory who performs simple data management
-tasks?  Or perhaps that applications which don't require bitmap displays
-and mice would not benefit from a standardized set of menu, window and form
-management tools?
-I realize this is not a popular concept, but there is a large segment of
-the Unix population which is *not* involved with cutting-edge design and
-engineering tasks, but merely doing their mundane, daily work on a Unix
-machine.
-[ perhaps we should reissue teletypes for such trailing-edge tasks :-) ]

Fine, if you make it a Teletype model 630.  If an employee isn't worth
investing $2K for dramatically improved productivity then I feel sorry
for the employer.

Even mickey-mouse IBM PCs can support much better working environments
than traditional CRT forms.