[ih] Speaking of Minitel: Here's an oldie NO one remembers

[Bob Purvy]

In the late 70's / early 80's, a friend of mine worked at a company CXI in
Irvine, CA. This was a real company, with maybe 250 people. I can't even
find it with Google now.

Their whole thesis was "people in offices don't want computers -- they want
*telephones*" with a big PBX behind it.

I distinctly remember a full page ad, probably in *Datamation*, touting
their system, "The Rose", and calling it Office Humanation.

Because, you know... office peope don't want a stupid *computer*; they want
a big fancy phone with all the functions.