[inforoots] Ah, yes, how simple it all seemed back then ...

[David Pinto]

Somewhat off-topic, but still interesting.
   
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  Now that I have retired, I am beginning to wade through several hundred -- that is not an exaggeration -- back copies of Le Monde, the Paris newspaper, from a long way back.
   
  One of the many interesting aspects of doing something like this is that, occasionally, one comes across articles which now, in retrospect, seem to be absolutely incredible.
   
  Here is an example.
   
  On February 25, 1995, Le Monde carried a lengthy article pegged to the discovery that letters between individuals amounted to only 7% of the postal traffic in France.
   
  The article is quite long so I will not attempt to translate it. Essentially, though, it talks about what could be done to increase that 7% figure.
   
  Here's a quote: In the coming years, letters are going to have deal with a competitor: the fax machine.
   
  If only they had known ... 
   
  Soumds like a long-ago era, doesn't it? Yet it was only thirteen years ago -- and look how things have changed.
   
  David Pinto 

       
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