Ease of Use (Was: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor)

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
Date: Tue May 7 10:52:17 2002

> "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
Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 10:52:17 BST