Charles Angelich wrote in a message to Phil Marlowe:

PM> Yeah, yet another activity for office workers that I suppose wasn't 
PM> around during the earlier survay.

CA> I think before music piracy there were people downloading large 
CA> software apps (crackz) and other 'warez' at work. I know many who 
CA> bragged about downloading the 'latest ISO' of Linux weren't doing 
CA> it at home just based on their frequency/ease of downloading each 
CA> new release.

Linux isn't something I'd put into the category of "warez",  as
it's freely downloadable anyway...

The reason people would tend to do that at work rather than at home is
because of the *size* of the download.  Too big to do conveniently over a
standard dialup connection,  and a business is lots more likely to have a
higher speed connection available.



PM> A relative at a company that had a a major overhaul about a year 
PM> ago says his office is running smoothly with -less than half- of 
PM> the staff they had before, and apparently performing the same job 
PM> as before. Which says something....

CA> I've seen this before and in companies where people cared to get 
CA> the work completed this will work for awhile. When things start 
CA> going wrong there is no 'cushion' for anyone to fall back on and 
CA> people begin showing the wear and tear. Naturally this is the 
CA> signal to replace them and then the constant hiring/firing creates 
CA> more stress and the company goes in the dumper (surprise!).

That's what you get when it's the bean counters at the top who run things...

CA> I would also point out that if I owned the company and discovered 
CA> that half the number of people could get the job done properly I 
CA> would immediately replace _every_ supervisor and management person 
CA> in the company for not doing _their_ job to eliminate unnecessary 
CA> payroll from my company.

Good point,  there.

---