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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:56:26 -0400


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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:04:22 +0100
From: Andrew Veitch <andrew () logicalprogression net>
Subject: Re: [IP] Better Off Without E-Mail?
To: dave () farber net


>> So far, though, nobody has gone as far as suggesting that we're better off
>> without e-mail entirely. Until now. John Caudwell is the millionaire head of >> Phones 4U, a chain of high-end cellphone stores in the U.K. Last week, in a >> move that's causing shockwaves among, well, just about everybody, he banned
>> all internal e-mail among his 2,500 employees.

One of the ironies about this story is that Phone 4U's PR people spun the
story to the media by sending out a barrage of email!

A

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