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Subject:Re: TIP: WinWord 95 can't count From:"Michael A. Lewis" <lewism -at- BRANDLE -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Tue, 4 Nov 1997 23:34:53 +1100
Eric J. Ray wrote:
>
> Gang,
> This isn't intended to provoke a MS flame fest, but ...
> it's probably not of
> general interest.
Of course it's of general interest -- not the specifics of Eric's
problem, but the relationship between client / employer demands and the
tools we use to measure our "performance". (I shouldn't say it, but this
is one reason why English-language usage -- and variations thereof --
aren't really off topic.) We are like management theorists of fifty
years ago, or organisational psychologists of thirty years ago: we are
preaching to people who are very reluctant to become converted. Any
information about the shortcomings or ambiguities of our tools is
relevant -- desperately so.
--
Michael Lewis
Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia
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