>A secretary used 10 years ago word processor, email program and spreadsheet. >Nowadays she use ...almost exactly same set of application, exactly the same >NUMBER of them: one. Number of MIPS in her PC grew up significantly. Can we talk about growth IN THIS CONTEXT?
Yes. And no. Is this a good thing? We used to have accountants make financial statements. Now, we have secretaries, without credentials, doing these statements. They don't know the basics, but they're putting out stuff that becomes part of their company record. I have seen published financial statements with =ERR in cells. Just because the tools are faster, better, stronger, doesn't mean they're used properly. A faster wrench means you are driving the screws in faster! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
