While I was trawling through Net Applications' operating system share trend data for the past 24 months, something struck me. June 08 marked a big month for Linux. The OS saw the largest increase in market share for the whole 2 year period - a growth of 0.12%.
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Member since:2008-03-17
To clarify this point (analogy) would be...
The user being able to understand what a steering wheel does and why one uses/turns it and what happens after.
What the gearbox does and what changes does it effect?
what do those buttons do and why does one use them?
One does not need to know how the steering wheel,gearbox, windscreen wipers etc. work but one needs to know what they do, when to use them and why does one use them. This is more than the typical pc usesr to whom I equate as being a trained dog:
easy to train using treats, but no less knowledgable or intelligent, does not know why it is doing the trick only expecting the treat at the end. Is it too much to ask users to have some sense of initiative?
also the fridge analogy: I might not know how a fridge works, but I know to close the door after usin it, not because that what I was told to do, but because I nkow that things will warm up / melt if I leave the door open.
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2006-09-22
I'm not talking about knowing the inner workings, just having an idea about what the hell you're actually doing. But I get the point (yours and from the previous posters), thanks.