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From: wilcox@hydra.unm.edu (Sherman Wilcox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Bootable Disinfectant (WAS Re: Hilarious Disinfectant 2.0)
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Date: 20 Jul 90 13:49:51 GMT
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In article <1990Jul20.003127.9742@swbatl.sbc.com> george@swbatl.UUCP (George D. Nincehelser) writes:
>
>The whole point is to make it easy for USERS LESS TECHNICAL THAN
>OURSELVES!  I know of several Mac users in my area who wouldn't
>even know where to *find* the system file or that it even exists.

At some point, we start doing a disservice to "users less technical
than ourselves" by not encouraging them to acquire some level of
knowledge about such "technical" things as the fact that there is
a system and where it is. Perhaps fear of virus infection can provide
the needed motivation to empower these users by putting a little bit
of knowledge in their hands. In the long run, it'll make them better,
certainly more independent, computer users (IMHO).

Sherman Wilcox
University of New Mexico
Dept. of Linguistics