Player Piano Company
By Doug Adam
One last word ... I agree with both Fritz Gellerman and Damon Atchinson that we need Player Piano Company to stick around because we need the source, so I guess we just bite our tongue and carry on.
To make one thing clear, however: Durrell Armstrong personally has always been very courteous and helpful when I talked to him and I agree with Fritz Gellerman that Durrell should be recognized in some way.
Doug Adam
P.S. I can't quite buy Fritz's statement that it's faster to operate without the computer.
[ Editors note:
[
[ We don't know the era when PPCo struggled with the computer, Doug.
[ The first cheap mini-computers appeared in the mid-70s, with eager
[ programmers creating application programs for small businesses.
[ There was a lot of heartache then because the programmer didn't
[ know what the customer _really_ needed, and the customer didn't
[ really know how his manual methods worked. Now, twenty years later,
[ the applications programs for small businesses have matured
[ considerably.
[
[ Nonetheless there are lots of stores like PPCo who manage just fine
[ without a computer, especially when it's a one-man operation.
[ True, it's probably not as fast, but some folks prefer "life in
[ the slow lane." It's less exhausting!
[
[ Robbie Rhodes
|
(Message sent Mon 20 Jan 1997, 14:54:37 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.) |
|
