nhess@gumby.us.oracle.com (Nate Hess) (12/05/90)
In article <109752@convex.convex.com>, tchrist@convex (Tom Christiansen) writes: >Let them suffer. Sorry, I've lost sympathy with cretins. I recognize >this is harsh, and that a more tactful way of communicating this would >have to be found. >I've seen lots of secretaries using vi to write complex papers in troff >with eqn and tbl. If they can do this, I just can't believe an >operator or progammer needs something that hold their hand more. These >people are just being lazy. Don't let them make you go through a lot >of work just because they don't want to. Yeah, you're right. Why the heck would you actually want to increase the productivity of your employees / coworkers? Let 'em struggle with bear skins and knives. Like we had to. Gosh, they *are* lazy cretins for even *thinking* that the tools they have might not be adequate for the job at hand. Why, when we were their ages, we had to edit up-hill both ways... --woodstock -- "What I like is when you're looking and thinking and looking and thinking...and suddenly you wake up." - Hobbes nhess@us.oracle.com or ...!uunet!oracle!nhess or (415) 506-2650