Ease of Use (Was: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

7 May 2002

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  "Douglas H. Quebbeman" wrote:

  But I'm a geek. At what cost have we
dumbed-down the computer
 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...  
 It is not hiding information that is the problem, it is
 locking the knowlage it in a safe, throwing away the key
 and dumping in the sea. 
Agreed, that happens all-too frequently... but many of us here
are dedicated to the prevention of knowledge becoming lost,
and where possible, to its rediscovery.

A late visit last night dropped paper listings of stuff I did
20+ years ago that I've been unable to recover from magtape.

It's a bit 'o typing, but if we can't get the tapes read, you
can bet your bottom dollar I'll be typing it back in.

-dq