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

[Miles Fidelman]

Bob Purvy via Internet-history wrote:
> 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.
I thought we all wanted Cerebrum Communicators!

Miles

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