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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (49440)	9/16/2000 3:30:27 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Here in the SF bay area, transit is becoming an issue to the point of interfering with the big money machine of increasing productivity. Suddenly, big bucks are being thrown at mass transit (ferries, trains and busses) as THE way to address the 'issue' apart from telecommuting (hell-o) via the rapidly expanding electronic network infrastructure. --- It's to the point where the transit paradigm HAS to change in order to stay on the road of increasing productivity which drives this whole economic boom. --- I know rudedog in his two seater Lotus with the steer horns mounted in front would feel like a trapped Jackalope in a bus, but they're not widening anymore roads around here (except for communication bandwidth). Something's gotta give. --- If the PC isn't the business productivity vehicle it was sold as, it'll be pushed off of the road by whatever is. It's an economic reality. -JCJ

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (49440)	9/16/2000 6:21:43 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Charles - I spent my early years in Detroit, where the 1930's move by GM to buy up DSR (Detroit Street Railway, the trolly system) and sell it to Mexico City was a well known object lesson in robber baron tactics. We may eventually see a shift to less functionality at the user end if the services become rich enough. But that will, IMO, be at a point well down the road, rather than something which affects businesses any time soon. Most of the shifts I see happening now will require more power in the end user's hands, not less.