Msg: 306 *Conference*

08-06-91 07:54:18

From: JIM SCHEEF

To : RICHARD HANSON

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #272 (LD ADDICTION)

Rick,
    An excellent observation about the French Minitel system. Certainly as meny
women as men use it becase there is no other way to get telephone directory
assistance! Thinking back, that's how I taught my first wife to drive a stick
shift - I drove the car with the automatic to work. That left her with two
choices, learn to shift or starve. Perhaps we should reward computer usage with
food. OK, perhaps that is stretching it a bit but your idea of switching the
orientation from computers to tasks or services is the right approach.
                                  Jim P.S. - Gee, applications before
technology, what a unique approach; that's something I've been telling clients
here at work for years...