XPost: comp.sys.atari.8bit   
   From: local_68k@cogeco.net   
      
   Rick Cortese  wrote:   
      
      
   > FWIW: A president/CEO using a computer in the 1980s would have been   
   > considered something like handing George Bush a shovel to fix New   
   > Orleans.   
   >   
   > The computer tasks available like word processing or spreadsheets would   
   > have been considered a waste of a CEO's time. That is what they have   
   > minions for; secretaries, bean counters, that kind of thing. Least we   
   > forget, there were Atari PCs so there is a good chance they were in play   
   > as opposed to STs.   
      
   Good point.   I forget that things like the WWW and email weren't a part   
   of the corporate head's arsenal of business tools back then.  I'm sure   
   corporate heads use computers for more than communication (email) now   
   though.   
      
      
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