Ron Ferguson
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> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:47:26 +0200
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: asking questions associated with Legacy
>
> Gary Templeman wrote:
>>
>> [SNIP]
>>
>> I have always felt that in some ways, the Internet developers missed the
>> boat by not developing a system similar to automobile licensing. Anyone
>> can buy a computer and use it. But just as for safety reasons one has to
>> demonstrate some basic proficiency before driving on a public street
>> (they can drive on their private property all they want), anyone wanting
>> to surf the Internet superhighway would need to do the same. Think of
>> how many fewer hoaxes, virus-containing emails, flame wars, etc. would
>> be happen if people were required to get some training and pass a test
>> first.
>
> I can do nothing but totally concur with your opinion here. To me, it
> seems as though people (probably older people) get talked into buying a
> machine because they simply 'must have one to help them with their
> genealogy', and then discover that they don't really know what they're
> doing. If they're anything like my 79 year-old father, they should
> readily admit to being 'technologically challenged'.
>.....................................
> --
> Regards,
> Mike Fry
> Johannesburg.
>
Mike,
Whilst I have no doubt that I am much, much closer to your father's age than
yours I am afraid that I am a little reluctant to admit to the classification
of 'technologically challenged' ;-)
Ron Ferguson
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New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office
http://www.fergys.co.uk
View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/
For The Fergusons of N.W. England See:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
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