There are 29 LANs, two WANs and, incredibly, just two support staffers, one of whom is Larry Burwell, the director of computer technology services.

CNN: Schools have high hopes for network computers

Although there have been some successes, such as black radio stations, Herdbuoys (an advertising agency) and Motswedi Technology Group (a computer-services firm), they are few and far between and mostly unlisted.

ECONOMIST: Paper lions

The incoming Archer administration discovered that City Hall still had rotary telephones, and that the head of the Information and Technology Services Department had no computer.

ECONOMIST: Detroit