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Re: [LUG] OT: VMS 30 today

 

On Wednesday 07 November 2007 10:40, Clare Shepherd wrote:
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> Where I worked we had a systems guy who hated "pretty", saying it was
> inefficient. I've always iked a nice GUI but there is something to be
> said for the old spare efficient methods, Maybe we'll go back to that
> if the energy gets scarce. Who knows? I am fascinated by some of the
> old software & hardware, I suppose it's my age, sob, sob, sniffle.
If somethings easy to do you do it - path of least resistance.
A GUI makes things easy so you use it. No more planning!
If something is hard/repetitive/boring then you tend to stop and think about 
how you can do it more efficiently. The man who said genius is 99% 
perspiration and 1% inspiration was lying - its laziness that drives 
inovation.
People can easily produce more documents than anyone can read nowadays and 
people think that 'Office' software makes them more productive.
It doesn't - if it did we'd all be better off and work less but I seem to 
remember when I started work you could keep a wife at home and live 
comfortably. Not any more!
Tom te tom te tom


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