Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor?

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jammag writes "It was an agonizing moment: a developer arrived at work to realize his second monitor had been taken (given to the accounting dept., to add insult to injury). Soon, the wailing and the gnashing of teeth began. As this project manager recounts, developers feel strongly — very strongly — about needing a second monitor (maybe a third?) to work effectively. But is this just the posturing of pampered coders, or is this much screen real estate really a requirement for today's developers?"http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org% 2Fstory%2F11%2F05%2F16%2F1957210%2FDo-Developers-Really-Need-a-Second-Monitor%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfac ebook) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Do+Developers+Really+Need+a+Second+Mon itor%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FjzbKj9)
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