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But — and ''therefore'' — these are not the applications management complains that lawyers ignore. If anything, lawyers use them ''too much'', and the technology department will periodically engage in pitched battles with the rank and file to ''remove'' this “bloatware”: “do you really need a separate change comparison application? You know there’s one in [[Microsoft Word|Word]], right?” — cue [[exasperated Kermit face]] — must you look at blogs,<ref>Some of which are quite useful, amirite??</ref> cat videos and social media? | But — and ''therefore'' — these are not the applications management complains that lawyers ignore. If anything, lawyers use them ''too much'', and the technology department will periodically engage in pitched battles with the rank and file to ''remove'' this “bloatware”: “do you really need a separate change comparison application? You know there’s one in [[Microsoft Word|Word]], right?” — cue [[exasperated Kermit face]] — must you look at blogs,<ref>Some of which are quite useful, amirite??</ref> cat videos and social media? | ||
There is, yes, a [[paradox]] here. It is, as yet, a hypothesis, but has scope to graduate into a law of worker entropy | There is, yes, a [[paradox]] here. It is, as yet, a hypothesis, but has scope to graduate into a [[twelfth law of worker entropy]]: | ||
{{Quote|''The more enjoyable a software application is to use, the less important it is to management. Conversely, the worse it is to use, the more vital that it is used.''}} | {{Quote|''The more enjoyable a software application is to use, the less important it is to management. Conversely, the worse it is to use, the more vital that it is used.''}} |