The article (republished in Accordion Guy) reads like a joke now, but it’s an all-too-real cautionary tale of what could happen when bloated entities try to extend their turf to technology they don’t understand.
Turns out back in the 1980’s, the U.S. Postal Service tried owning electronic mail, proposing a ridiculously crippled implementation (Come on - postal workers carrying tape?). Rather than providing the best possible service, it was designed more to preserve its existing business model.
Joey is right to think deja vu: “Just as Hollywood’s attempt to regulate technological innovation may someday seem quaint and ridiculous, the ideas and statements put forth by representatives of the Post Office sound laughable in this age of readily-available internet and computers as everyday appliances.”
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