Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Small cars
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Thu Apr 27 12:25:34 2006
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Op 27-apr-06, om 10:24 heeft Peter Dzwig het volgende geschreven:

> If I can chip in my few pennies from over here...
>
> We suffer from a similar problem to you, albeit on a smaller scale.  
> The problem is the commute. Most of our domestic petrol/gasoline  
> consumption goes on making commutes into large cities. One solution  
> is obviously public transport, but government won't invest in good  
> enough train systems and other mass transit systems. What we  
> actually need to do is address the perceived need for the commute.  
> Today, technically we don't actually NEED a lot of the commute.  
> Many people are going into cities to perform tasks that could  
> equally well be performed from home. With communications as they  
> are becoming, why SHOULD we locate businesses in the metropolises?  
> The reasons that they were located are purely historical and have  
> little to do with the way that much business is or could be  
> connected today.
>
> Peter Dzwig

I think the biggest reason (and a stupid one) why most people aren't  
allowed to work at home, is because most employers don't trust them.  
Wherever the businesses are located.

In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Small cars)
Message from msmall at aya.yale.edu (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Re: Small cars)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Re: Small cars)