[dba-Tech] The walking dead

Hi Jon

How about - oops! - dropping a cup of coffee onto the machine? A replacement
will be hard to find (for the machine, not for this old lady who probably is
very nice).

In this part of the World we use mobile apps for ordering taxis. Not that
they will arrive faster but smarter it is.

/gustav

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Sendt: 1. november 2013 09:53
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead

I'm trying to tell my business, but the receptionist "doesn't trust email"
and refuses to use it. At least we've only got it for booking taxis, and not
business critical things any more...


Jon

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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 8:44 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead

Hi Jon

Well, go and tell the business. A search for hotel and fax on Bing returns
49.3 mio. hits.

An agency specializing in French and Italian resorts I visited here some
years ago to discuss IP telephony, had six fax machines running hot. And it
was out of necessity, not laziness nor lack of funds.
They may now have only three running, but still.

/gustav


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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Tydda Jon - Lonza
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Sendt: 1. november 2013 09:15
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead

Sorry Gustav, you're wrong. Fax needs to die. If you've got a phone line,
you can get a simple enough net connection and use email. No-one needs to
have to support faxes now, it's 2013 for god's sake! :-)


Jon