On Tue, 7 May 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
  so that nearly anyone can use it? And are you aware
that in
 the minds of marketing people, the market is *far* from
 saturated, as there are still lots of people who never use
 them and don't have them. So you can expect another order of
 magnitude of dumbing-down...
  
In the minds of marketing people, what seems to be needed is making the
computer into an appliance.  I don't see how this idea is compatible with
the flexibility current users have come to expect
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