CONTACTS 
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020101 - Mr. Morris E. Jones
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020103 - Advanced Products =fax 434 0765

SUBJECTS
Customer Perceived Value, Integration
Automated Integration of Management Tasks
Document Management Systems
Automated Continuous Knowledge Stream
Integrated Management

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1208 - Summary/Objective
1209 -
120901 - Encountered more indications that computer industry and
120902 - management practices are getting closer to the POIMS concept, per
120903 - analysis below.
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120905 - Sent Morris ref DIT 1, as information following up notice of new
120906 - software "Echo" and updated SDS scope statement, ref SDS 6, showing
120907 - market trends moving in our direction.
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1212 - Analysis
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121301 - Article, ref OF 4, by Michael J. Miller, in March 1993 PC Magazine on
121302 - page 81, discusses future trends in software development to improve
121303 - productivity, following up Byte article on 910418. ref SDS 2 8848  He
121304 - indicates the future will apply the POIMS concept of using application
121305 - programs to accomplish tasks, rather than organizing tasks according
121306 - to applications, as everyone does today. ref OF 3
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121310 -      ..
121311 -     Think, Remember, Communicate (TRC)
121312 -     Replacing "Document" Paradigm with Continuous Knowledge Stream
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121314 -     The weakness in the article is the view of the computer as a tool
121315 -     to produce "documents", ref OF 3, rather than the POIMS concept of
121316 -     Plan, Organize, Integrate and Measure, ref OF 1, where computers
121317 -     enable people to think, remember and communicate, better, ref OF 3
121318 -     line 286.
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121320 -         No one has recognized yet that automated integration of
121321 -         scheduling and reporting leverages human intellect the same
121322 -         way that automotive technologies leverage human physical
121323 -         strength and endurance.
121324 -
121325 -         [On 960518 Landauer's paper supports POIMS concept of
121326 -         continuous knowledge stream. ref SDS 7 8811]
121327 -
121328 -         [On 960620 prepared paper applying this concept to idea of
121329 -         "knowledge space." ref SDS 8 3516]
121330 -
121331 -     "Documents" are a paradigm rooted in the ancient tools used to
121332 -     create them.  Computers are a new tool, and need a new paradigm:
121333 -     POIMS!
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121335 - SDS is the engine because it enables the User to quickly classify
121336 - information and work tasks according to organizational objectives,
121337 - plus it places everything in the discipline of time and priority via
121338 - the scheduling and controlled visibility tools.
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SUBJECTS
Balancing Competition, Cooperation Needs
Difficult to Explain SDS/POIMS
Explaining SDS, POIMS
Conflict Between Competition and

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160702 -     Competition and Cooperation
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160704 -     At a very fundamental level, POIMS is about integrating personal
160705 -     activity which is competitive in nature, with organizational
160706 -     objectives, which are cooperative in nature.  The synthesis
160707 -     between competition and cooperation is essential to improve
160708 -     productivity.
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160710 -     So this is the balance between internal and external management.
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160712 -         Thou Shalt Not Steal
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160714 -         This is the essence of Western Civilization, in harnessing
160715 -         competition to place it in the service of cooperation, see
160716 -         review of Covey on 921205. ref SDS 5 8493, ref SDS 5 9503
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160718 -
160719 - Miller suggests the future will bring programs that permit access to
160720 - other programs, ref OF 3 line 38, as SDS does now.
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160723 - POIMS v. PIM
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160725 - These distinctions lie at the heart of the increased power of POIMS
160726 - technology relative to existing PIM software programs like Current,
160727 - Echo, ACT, Lotus Notes, etc.
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