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Aucbvax.2147 fa.works utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!works Tue Jul 7 09:00:46 1981 A Quibble or two >From FJW@MIT-MC Tue Jul 7 08:56:00 1981 In spite of my (almost) lifelong infatuation with computers, I must take issue with a trend of computerizing *everything* within reach (pun intended) as evidenced in Randy's example.

In this (relatively) minor case, Randy shows our super office worker taking a phone message and entering it into a computer - for someone IN THE SAME OFFICE!!! Somehow this is carrying things a bit too far. Those ubiquitous pieces of yellow (or pink) pieces of paper are more than just status symbols - they can be easily carried around for future reference at a more convenient time (or tossed - as one person I know of says that if it was important, they'll call back).

But when a more appropriate use of the computer was obvious in his example, the advantage was not taken. In this case, after looking up the phone number in the electronic phone book, it would have been a "simple" matter to have the machine dial that number for you...

--Frank

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