16 Sep
2019
16 Sep
'19
8:24 a.m.
On Sun, 15 Sep 2019, William Pechter wrote:
They used them internal around '83 when they went
to a Rand Editor and
some *Roff based formatting for their office automation. The motto for
the IT move to desktop Unix was "Paper Free in '83."
Soon PC's and laser printers killed any hope of "paper free" as the
staff spent way too much time chosing fonts for BS memos.
There was a saying many years ago, from someone whom I've long forgotten:
"I'll believe in the paper-less office when I see the paper-less toilet".
-- Dave