It puzzles me that members of a list find it so difficult to understand the
basic issues of netiquette regarding attachments.
I do not know a single list that permits attachments. REPEAT: I do not know
a single list that permits attachments. These are even forbidden on
internal lists at the Norwegian School of Management. No need to go over
the reasons again -- we went through this some weeks back.
Someday we will all live in a world of fat pipes. Data will move
photonically and we'll all be hooked up everywhere with telecom-based
computers that download in microseconds and shift files back and forth to
whichever workstation we choose. Each and every computer will be protected
by fierce antivirus programs that use genetic algorithms to respond to new
virus threats even as they begin to download.
In this world, the lion will sit down with the lamb, telecommunication will
be nearly free, there will be a solar-powered car in every garage and a
chicken in every pot. The business cycle will be a thing of the past. All
our students will read the books and articles we assign twice before
turning in an assignment, and each assignment will be written in sparkling,
lucid prose.
Until that day comes, attachments are an expensive pain in the
you-know-what for many of us. They spread viruses, they take forever to
download for anyone not connected to a free university-based network, and
if I recall Charlie Wankel's last note on the issue, they aren't permitted
here anyhow.
As my third-grade teacher used to say, ""Let's all behave ourselves."
Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Knowledge Management
Norwegian School of Management
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Email:
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