> putting others out of theirs. That's been the whole point of factory / > office automation from the start: businesses save money (in the long run) by > automating tasks they previously paid wages / salary to have done.
time to run up the skull & cross bones. but in some cultures, at some times, thats not always the case. i can recall the 1st personal computer deployed in the Thai gov office where i was a peace corps volunteer. an ozzy donated 64kb DEC rainbow. some of the clerical staff thought they'd be shuffled along elsewhere because of it. within 4 months they had hired 3 extra people to "work" on that computer. i still see that happening in the municipalities we work with these days. the initial IT shock wave (these folks were paper based before we came along & dragged them kicking & screaming into their own IT hell ;-) almost always generates a small boom for local IT people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
