For years, senior people did not type their own email, or even read it on a screen.
Reading this I can't help but think of the old "hello world" computer program humor [1] predicated on the idea that the higher the you went up the corporate hierarchy the less computer savvy that person would be:
New Manager
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10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20 END
Middle Manager
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mail -s "Hello, world." bob@b12
Bob, could you please write me a program that prints "Hello, world."?
I need it by tomorrow.
^D
Senior Manager
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% zmail jim
I need a "Hello, world." program by this afternoon.
Chief Executive
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% letter
letter: Command not found.
% mail
To: ^X ^F ^C
% help mail
help: Command not found.
% damn!
!: Event unrecognized
% logout
Reading this I can't help but think of the old "hello world" computer program humor [1] predicated on the idea that the higher the you went up the corporate hierarchy the less computer savvy that person would be:
[1] http://www.infiltec.com/j-h-wrld.htm