TOC Linux

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 04:21:46PM -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:
> I think this is true to a point however I've seen plenty of examples of  
> non-technical people surviving just fine without MS-Windows and a mouse.  
> 30 years ago it was common for the secretaries in some organisations to  
> use a dumbterm - somehow they survived without a mouse :)

Wordperfect 5.1 users rarely had a use for a mouse.  It didn't really
do much useful with one.  They seemed quite productive.

> I've personally worked with a hundred completely non-technical data entry 
> people who tapped away at dumbterms all day long without complaint (I was 
> a consultant sysadmin on the server).
>
> I've also need police officers using an interface to a mainframe system 
> to enter data.  The mainframe interface was a tn3270 emulator running on 
> OS/9 Macs.  That entire state-wide police department ran that way for 15 
> or 20 years just fine.

Sounds like a nice reliable and simple system.  The dumber all the
devices are the better.  Keep all the data and applications on one box
and you only have one box to secure and maintain.

> There can be resistance but OTOH if proper training is provided a lot of  
> people will just see it as part of their job and get on with it.

They might whine about the lack of youtube access. :)

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