Wire, if you were my boss and tried to implement such, i'd sue you :)

ernest.

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From: Ezra Banoba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 11:57:17 -0700
Subject: Re: lug_: Monitoring Software

> 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.
> > 
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> Ezra Banoba 
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> 
> "Doing well is a result of Doing good. That's what capitalism is all 
> about."
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