Ease of Use (Was: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor)

From: Paul Thompson <thompson_at_mail.athenet.net>
Date: Tue May 7 07:11:20 2002

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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