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Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is s... by beefield on Monday October 31, 2022 @04:39PM (#33412671)
> never replace a terminal based app, with a GUI based app and expect productivity gains

I can imagine this being true. It seems that almost the whole software industry has failed to grasp the distinction between an appliance and a tool. An appliance you expect almost anyone to be able to use without training. A tool, well you are expected to learn how to use it, and after that, you are much more productive than before. And most software seems to be moving towards appliance.

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Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is s... by conductr on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:40PM (#33416281)
I like this dichotomy. I'd want to add a third, the product. The product has ego, it needs to look nice, it needs to demo well, it is marketing. This is what the auto industry has become since the model T and it's what software has become since it was a tool.
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