Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> > wrote: >> Reindl Harald wrote: <snip> >> Don't you think you are in a very small minority, >> like 1% of the world? > > I live in India. > > hmm... I am one of the 1/6th of the population in the world and "I > don't own a laptop". I don't carry work home. > > Here one is supposed to be dedicated to one's family: either gender. > > Worrk is worrk (germaniK accent intended... :) ). Home is Home. YES!!!!!!! One reason I will *NOT* buy a "smart phone" is that in the mid-nineties, I worked for a major telecom here in the US. I wore a pager, and was on call 24x7.365.25. I'll never forget the Sunday, with a friend visiting from out of town, I got paged SEVEN TIMES, and most of it was because they didn't know what they were doing. You want me on call? Fine, PAY ME time and a half, or double time. I am *NOT* otherwise available, except to friends and family. And don't bother texting - I have that turned off. Email I live by... but that's on *my* time, when *I* want it. I don't carry a laptop up and back. As someone said, workstation, two monitors at work. > > Which percentage you represent? > I work to live; too many fools confuse the two, and management *certainly* wants you to think that you should live at their beck and call. >> >> What percentage are using iPhones and Androids to access the internet? >> I'd guess it is already over 50%. > > Duh! come here to India and afford all those devices with Indian Salaries. > > Than talk here. Good points; I was thinking of that, and all the folks in the US who have them, but can't really afford that money. And then there's the rest, who *can't* afford that much/month. > > Actually I hate "work" after work hours. I have left many lucrative > jobs for time with my family at "wrong times" per se. Agreed. mark