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To pick one fairly large nit, Nick has his blinders on again...

In article <20966@crg5.UUCP> szabo@crg5.UUCP (Nick Szabo) writes:
   E-mail and netnews are the only forms of 
   groupware that carry emotion, and even those are more useful for 
   technical information.

Patently false.  Most meeting-support tools carry some kind(s) of
emotion-level indicators.  Gibbs et al (project NICK at MCC/STP) even went
so far as to include explicit iconic emoticons for things like "I'm pleased"
and "I'm bored."

Other forms of groupware that carry emotion are the computer-supported
meetings rooms (at U Arizona plus umpty-ump technical reports from Marilyn
Mantei & co), plus brainstorming tools like Colab, plus Root et al's work
with video "cruising" and video conference rooms.

And as for the relative utility of email/netnews for technical information,
all I can say is that Nick is reading different enews than I.  Even in good
groups such as this one, I find few nuggets of technical information.  Much
more is contained in media which can carry multiple messages (such as tech
reports with text/pictures, demonstration videos with text/animation/
pictures/sound, etc.)


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