Re: The Bill of Gates fallacy

2000-02-13 Thread Cordell, Arthur: #ECOM - COMÉ
Bravo! Self service is no service at all. We just access part of the bank's (or supermarket, or gas station, etc.) mainframe, and doing the work ourselves, complicate our day and put people out of work. Amazing. And we call it progress. arthur cordell -- From: Victor Milne To:

Re: The Bill of Gates fallacy, Odysseus and the Cyclops, the invisible hand....

2000-02-13 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
"Cordell, Arthur: #ECOM - COMÉ" wrote: Bravo! Self service is no service at all. We just access part of the bank's (or supermarket, or gas station, etc.) mainframe, and doing the work ourselves, complicate our day and put people out of work. Amazing. And we call it progress. [snip]

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

2000-02-13 Thread George Cheney
_Values at Work Employee Participation Meets Market Pressure at Mondragón_ By George Cheney _Values at Work_ is an analysis of organizational dynamics with wide-ranging implications in an age of market globalization. It looks at the challenges businesses face to maintain people-oriented

Fw: French to sue US/UK over Echelon spying

2000-02-13 Thread Michael Gurstein
- Original Message - From: MichaelP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 9:08 AM Subject: French to sue US/UK over Echelon spying The Times ( London ) February 10 2000 EUROPE French to sue US and Britain over network of spies FROM ADAM SAGE IN PARIS THE British

Hegemony

2000-02-13 Thread mcg1
There was an interview with someone from Sun Microsystems on the syndicated radio program, "Newsweek on Air," Sunday morning. Although I was taking a shower at the time and not listening with full attention, the comments this person made frightened me deeply. The interview concerned the recent

Re: Re Knowledge society and values at work

2000-02-13 Thread john courtneidge
Dear f/w friends Time to set up a co-operative bookstore (to stock the stuff that others hide away? e-hugs j *** -- From: Melanie Milanich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW:Re Knowledge society and values at work Date: Sun, Feb 13, 2000, 3:04 pm In the

Re: WorkForce Investment Act - A Report from the Field

2000-02-13 Thread john courtneidge
Dear Tom (and f/w friends) Hurrah for your work. One weekly resource for your ced work might be the UK magazine 'Newstart' - launched last year - www.newstartmag.co.uk I've no direct involvement with it, but you might pick up some new UK-base angles. Another though is to suggest that you

FW Historical Context of the Work Ethic A (fwd)

2000-02-13 Thread S. Lerner
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Re: The Bill of Gates fallacy

2000-02-13 Thread Victor Milne
I'm not suggesting that every form of consumer automation is an inconvenience. For instance, using an ATM is quicker than a teller--for whom you had to fill out the paper work--and internet banking is a real boon for someone like me living out in the country. However, I think we should just

Re: Hegemony

2000-02-13 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was an interview with someone from Sun Microsystems on the syndicated radio program, "Newsweek on Air," Sunday morning. Although I was taking a shower at the time and not listening with full attention, the comments this person made frightened me deeply. The

FW: BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

2000-02-13 Thread George Cheney
_Values at Work Employee Participation Meets Market Pressure at Mondragón_ By George Cheney _Values at Work_ is an analysis of organizational dynamics with wide-ranging implications in an age of market globalization. It looks at the challenges businesses face to maintain people-oriented