In message <alpine.lsu.2.00.0901071929250.7...@hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk>, Tony Fi nch writes: >On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Rob Seaman wrote: >> >> On the other hand, permitting a long delay between events - or rather, >> between scheduling opportunities for events - risks losing the corporate >> knowledge to handle the events properly. > >The good thing about timezones is the code to implement them and alter >them is exercised all the time.
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