Hello Chad, Monday, December 26, 2005, 10:58:58 PM, you wrote:
CM> This attitude will keep Linux obscure. Not every user is a programmer. CM> This is how Microsoft has its market share. Make a computer work like CM> a toaster. Intuitive interface and no need to understand the inner CM> workings. This is the same thing that the automobile industry strives CM> for. One can argue that MS isn't doing very well at this goal, but at CM> least they're not asking all their users to be programmers. I generally agree with this. Having a foot in both worlds (running Windows Red Hat, and OpenBSD, and having a small client base of end users I build, maintain, and provide computing services for), forces me to see more than one side of the issue. With the Internet now being as lawless a place as it is (I read somewhere that this year, Internet crime was more profitable than the global trade in illegal drugs), I think that Windows end users have to start getting smarter, if they don't want to lose their identities, and have their bank accounts drained. I think that *nix users are going to have to start getting smarter, faster, too, because the bad guys want *nix machines, too. CM> Furthermore, saying that source is the best documentation is simply an CM> excuse that lazy programmers use. No, the documentation should be the CM> best documentation. If you're too lazy to write actual docs describing CM> how the software works and how to use it, you have a job waiting for you CM> in the thriving field of tech support. I would simply hate to have to CM> read code to determine how to use the software, and I have plenty of CM> tech-savvy friends that are less tolerant than me. Good documentation is essential, in my opinion. -wittig website: http://www.robertwittig.com/ . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/2jUsvC/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
