It all comes down to how much money you will save. If losses are fewer
than gains, companies are going to try it.
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 05:56:59 -0800 (PST), Stede Troisi
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>
> In the FAR, FAR future Luiz you will be right.
> Hopefully in the FAR, FAR future all laws from all
> nations will be the same and the technology will be so
> powerful that virtual being there will be no different
> then really being there.
How FAR? Can you really tell?
>
> My current gig's company has spent more money on
> virtual communication then I have ever seen. Sometimes
> I just marvel at the 5000" project hooked up to
> cameras that can sense movement and focus
> automatically, expensive desktop software that allow
> people to COLLABORATE (whatever that means) from all
> different locations.
>
> Yet, I always overhear a problem. Sometimes the
> technology doesn't allow them to do what they want.
> Sometimes it is miscommunication.
And yet they try it...
>
> And ironically, with all that equipment maybe 1% are
> allowed to work from home on Friday. And management
> even finds that difficult to grasp. I wonder how much
> of this is a control issue?
Definitely it is. You agree with it?
>
> Intimidation might not be so effective on a wall.
Don't get your point.. Initimidation? Is it a routine technique at your job?
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