> Being in the IT industry and specifically in software development, > I know I've killed off a lot of jobs. We used to have two full time > accountants - they've been replaced with good software and a clerical > worker. > > We used to have a full middle management staff to generate and ride > herd on our production schedules. A couple of those people moved up, > most moved out. Good scheduling software kind of wiped them out. > > In a nutshell our business volume has more than doubled and our employee > count has stayed about the same and the proportion of skilled to > unskilled labor has dropped. > > I guess I feel hypocritical complaining now that IT workers are getting > the axe due to changing capabilities and economics. > > My sympathies to the blacksmiths and typewriter repair people as well... > > I just remembered at one time I was a pretty hot shot tube TV repairman... > > I think I need lunch - my brain seems deprived of something necessary... > > So, what about that IBM and RedHat subject line, eh? > Kent That's an excellent point. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list