In 1988, I took a job managing a DEC Vax VMS Computer and supporting 180 future users. To put it another way, my new employer threw me into a computer-ignorant sea with only my wits and keyboard.
Here we had this lovely MicroVax II, "tons" of disk space, terminals on a third of the desks, and maybe ten users. It was a sad state of affairs. My mission, should I choose to accept it, get people using the computer...
The biggest barrier to use was lack of terminals. So with a bit of cash, we doubled the number of terminals. The naturally curious dove right in. The rest needed carrots and sticks.
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