Re: History of the IT industry

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

Michael West wrote:
>>   Andrew wrote:
> 
>>   I'm not sure that's true... But regardless, the people IN the
>>     industry don't call it that, so who cares what some journalist
>>     likes to call it?
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew, I'm sure I could go down to the local McDonalds and ask if anyone
> there works in the Food Service industry and get nothing but blank stares.
> 
> That doesn't convince me that the term "Food Service Industry" isn't useful
> as an industrial classification.

Uh, I think the McJobs in the US, and maybe all of Food Service were 
reclassified in recent years as Manufacturing. Or maybe I'm remembering 
my hypnogogic interpretation of a Lou Dobbs screed. Sleeping on the 
couch with the telvie tuned to CNN all night adds intrigue, sometimes.

Ned Bedinger
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com

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