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...revolution paper before he will even look at them. Without a hint of apology, he explains that he will not trust anything he reads on green-and-white printouts. At the headquarters of a large Atlanta company, the chairman of the board boasts that he has never touched a keyboard, and that neither he nor any of his right-hand men have a computer in their office. Explains an underling: "For these guys in their 50s, computers just aren't part of their ethic." Such an attitude is now widespread. "The idea of an executive sitting in his office...
...time, the typical middle-aged corporate executive is gnawing on his pencils and growling for the personal computer to remain outside the door of his executive suite. They are found everywhere today, from dentists' offices to living rooms, but many top business managers simply do not want a keyboard and video-display terminal cluttering up their mahogany desktops-almost as if the machines were aesthetically distasteful. Says John Thompson, a vice president of Index Systems, a management consulting firm: "There is a widespread assumption among executives that computers are something to be put in the basement, where they...
...talk to my administrative assistant, yes, I'd use it," he explains. "But it's a lot of work to punch in questions. My assistant is easier to work with." Says Kerry Orr of computer maker Control Data Corp. in Atlanta: "Most executives are intimidated by a keyboard." While computer firms insist that even the most ham-handed executive can be taught to operate a computer in a matter of hours, executive resistance remains high. Orr observes, "They normally are not honest enough to say, 'I don't want to use it because...
...society and determine pay based on that." What once was a cry for "equal pay for equal work" will, accordingly, become a demand for "equal pay for comparable work." How this will be measured and worked out is still a mystery?how does an hour at the computer keyboard prorate against the same time spent in the typing pool...
Programming, or software, is lagging behind the portable-computer revolution, however. Easy-to-use programs are hard to come by, limiting the utility of the most advanced portable computer and frustrating the average user. In recognition of this problem, the keyboard of the new IXO portable terminal has buttons marked YES, NO and-an industry first-DON'T KNOW. There is also a button marked HELP...