8 Nov
2006
8 Nov
'06
1:30 a.m.
Richard wrote:
In article <C17524C0.9D71%aek at
bitsavers.org>,
Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> writes:
Of course if every PC cost 10k then buyers would make darn sure they learned
how to use it properly, rather than the current situation of buying one and
sticking it on the 'net with no kind of firewall or virus protection.
Giving complex tools to the masses when they expect to be able to just jump
right in and use them with no training whatsoever seems like a pretty insane
plan.
I'm not saying this is a GOOD thing (this is
one of the reasons I'm at the
Museum and not a start-up) it is just the way products are built today.
I'll say its a good thing, otherwise a PC with an operating system
would still cost $10K, instead of $300.