On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 00:23, Kabagambe Kenneth wrote: <snip> > The question that you should ask iss "How do youdefine productivity?" > Is it the number of lines of code you write per day? > The number of patches you have installed on your Exchange server in the last month? > The number of times youhave logged in to your OpenVMS box? > How many processes you are running? > Or how many messages you have sent using TrueAfrican, that arent work related/just > showing your lack of productivity. That's exactly the point. Software to monitor productivity in that sense is only effective in cases where the productivity yardstick is straight forward eg for manual labour [how many sacks of maize has Smangaliso delivered in two hours] My point exactly, the scenario in question here is impractical. Take for instance, a programmer's productivity cannot be measured/determined by the time spent looking at code in emacs! since the s/w will be monitoring what user x is doing at time t. > > I know of an OCorganisation that blocks all internet access via port 80 and > filters all outgoing mail > that doesnt have @domain.com extensions in the belief that it will give the > staff more focused on their work :( > > > I would like to see the code for this:-) > > > The goal is to ensure that one can monitor what the staff members do with > > > their computers during working hours. > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug -- Ezra Banoba Network Engineer one2net www.one2net.co.ug
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