Linked by Thom "Slakje" Holwerda on Fri 25th Jul 2003 19:42 UTC
To me, it's a miracle how every tiny article on OSNews.com, or any other tech-site, ends up in people shouting all sorts of nonsense at each other like "Linux is gonna bring back Elvis", "Windows shot president Kennedy", "Linux kept the cold war cold" or "Bill Gates wants to buy the moon and charge people for looking at it". Do these people really know what they are saying, or are they just going with the Open-Source flow? Update: Rebuttal article here.
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Quote from hmmm:
>What's the point of all of this?
>To create a computer terminal so easy the most retarded human being >could easily use it without breaking it and, God forbid, without thinking?
>We seem to be coding for the lowest common denominator instead of >asking people to pick up a book and learn a little about computers, like how to use a mouse and type on a keyboard.
>The keyboard just eludes some people. Is that because they can't >count to 104?
What's wrong with having computers the average Joe can just walk up to and use or be taught to use with a relatively short training period?
I don't disagree with people needing to learn how to use computers, but much of the problem with computers these days (not gonna pick on any single OS here) is that you have to spend more time getting them to work optimally (chasing driver conflicts, fighting viruses, etc.) than you do actually using them. I'm pretty good under the hood of a computer, but for my car, I gas it, change the oil, and take it in for regular tune-ups by a QUALIFIED SERVICE TECH. I don't need to be a mechanic to successfully use my car to accomplish daily tasks. Why should you have to be as good with computers as I'm sure most of us on this list are just to use the damn things?
'Course, if we fix that issue, then we might have to fund grief counseling for all the arrogant boobs who hang their self-esteem on in-depth knowledge of an computer OS (note that I'm not picking on any particular OS here)...