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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (3199)	7/25/2003 2:36:45 AM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4907

After twenty years in IT and consulting I'm quite certain that only a low percentage of machines, and their users of course, ever reach anything approximating Gilder's lofty outlook... I don't know, you just told that to around a thousand people you'll never meet. How easy was that 20 years ago? Good grief, twenty years ago we'd be having this discussion via some awkward computer BB. bye -g-

To: Michael Watkins who wrote (3199)	7/25/2003 3:44:48 AM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 4907

<After twenty years in IT and consulting I'm quite certain that only a low percentage of machines, and their users of course, ever reach anything approximating Gilder's lofty outlook...> And more importantly to the claims he made, the hedonic adjustments had little to do with that anyway, as if it could be measured. Besides... if everyone with a computer and internet were so much more productive, wouldn't it show up in the productivity numbers without adjustments??? You'd have all that much more revenue and income, with less hours worked [productivity].... the proof in all this will be in the productivity numbers anyway? My personal example is this: 1.) My investment bank upgrades all our computers. 2.) The next year our revenue is flat. 3.) The new computers are 3x as fast and are pretty, but didn't lead to squat. DAK