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EH.R: Path Dependency
posted by D. McCloskey on November 30, 1999


Dear Doug,

Yes, I guess we are talking past each other. I say (The Sears Tower
Evidence) that the claimed advantage for D cannot be anything like 10
percent considering the enormous sums that could be earned by a big typing
company from what is in 1999 the obviously trivial costs of retraining
(trivial, you see, if you type enough). I note in evidence of this that
no company, not one, anywhere, at any time, has moved to D, or adopted D
in newly trained typists (such as start their training worldwide every day
by the thousands upon thousands: imagine a typing company in India, or if
you want actual cases a type setting company in India).

You say in reply, it's 10 percent, on the basis of one ergonomic
engineer's claims.

Yes, talking past.

Love,

Deirdre