>> On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:21:37 -0500,
>> "Dave Teske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
D> My car is "user-friendly" and easy to use, so are you saying that if I
D> go out and drive at 100mph and crash that it's Ford's fault for not
D> limiting the maximum speed of my car? No it's my duty (as a driver or
D> computer user) to take precautions and then to take responsibility for
D> my actions. Now if I'm out driving obeying all the driving laws and
D> I've properly maintained my car and suddenly the wheel falls off, then
D> the manufacturer is at fault.
If someone buys a car, they generally don't go out and drive like
Emerson Fittipaldi. If they buy an X-acto knife, they generally don't
think that qualifies them to hang out a shingle offering surgery
while-u-wait. Unfortunately, the same level of common sense doesn't
seem to kick in where computers are concerned, and that's partly due to
the efforts of some companies to make something complex seem simpler
than it really is.
If Bill's Bloatware in Redmond offers me a package that will do all my
thinking for me, half the blame goes to him for selling that kind of
bilge. The other half goes to me for being stupid enough to believe it.
--
Karl Vogel
ASC/YCOA, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
