[ba-unrev-talk] Fwd: [PORT-L] The Myth of the Paperless Office
>From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@BESTWEB.NET>
>To: PORT-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
>
>That's the title of a new book. For more information see
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_1666000/1666325.stm
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>Which has some interesting facts from the book:
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>"In 1980, a year before the introduction of the IBM PC, world office
>paper consumption stood at 70 million tons. By 1997, the total had grown
>to almost 150 million tons. The upward trend has been maintained over
>the last few years."
>
>This raises lots of questions about the ease of use of various
>computer interfaces. The bottom line is that they still aren't
>as good as good old-fashioned paper.
>
>John Sowa (01)