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Article: Electronic Mail's Delivery Problems; Firms Give Stamp of Approval, but Seek Integrated Systems
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 21, 1989
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The Quaker Oats Co. isn't quite sure how many electronic mail
systems it has. Perhaps as many as two dozen are scattered around
the $5 billion company's offices and facilities, most of them small
networks that allow people in one division to communicate
electronically with each other, but not necessarily with fellow
workers down the hall.
Electronic mail, also known as "E-mail," made its first
appearance at the food and toy company in 1986 and has since
proliferated fast. In general, that has not been due to any grand
scheme devised by headquarters. Rather, the company prefers that
local departments adopt it on their own as they see the need, and
more and more do.
Quaker Oats' ...