You can see this thrust in the current telecommuting debate at Yahoo.
What I expect Yahoo to learn is that telecommuting is not the problem—it is a solution.
telecommuting is an extension of the previous pattern of work.
telecommuting is a timid beginning and a pale image of what such strategies might be.
See telework
by 1975, as a hypothetical workplace set-up; verbal noun from telecommute. Said to have been coined by Jack Niles of USC.
by 1974 (as a hypothetical experience), from tele- + commute. Related: Telecommuted. Cf. telecommuting.