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Matthew writes: “She’s a Watercooler Warrior. She spends more time yacking with her co-workers than getting useful work done. And, she can’t type. She would rather use a yellow pad, but she has to be seen as technologically competent. But how do you digitize a pad of paper?“

So begins the advertising blurb for Microsoft’s new Tablet PC, aimed squarely at the 20% of corporate employees who perform no useful job function and therefore do not require useful computer hardware.

“With her deft Crayon of Enlightment, she scribbles handwritten notes on the otherwise pristine and lucid spreadsheets and word documents of her collegues, making comments that are as unsearchable as they are incomprehensible.”

“Her work is assisted by helpful dialog boxes that pop up after every few words, allowing her to input text at nearly 20% of the speed of a poor typist. Plus, the digital ink cannot spill out and stain your clothes.”