XPost: comp.sys.atari.8bit   
   From: sometomtom@tomtom.com   
      
   "Bill Garber"  wrote in message   
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   > "killer.local.lan"  wrote in message   
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   >> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > Yep, they use them for looking at porn.  LMAO!!!!!   
      
      
   Yep, I can at least attest to this with Leonard.  Found a few JPEG pictures   
   stored on his hard drive.  But then again, other male employees at Atari did   
   this too on TT030 workstations.   
      
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