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From: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
Keywords: unix user learn
Message-ID: <2943@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Date: 20 Nov 90 19:44:55 GMT
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In article <1990Nov11.041752.12878@blackbox.lonestar.org> cbradley@blackbox.lonestar.org (Chris Bradley) writes:
>In article <2924@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) writes:
>>	there is no way that Joe Average user is going to be able to
>>	figure out how to make effective use of many things under Unix.
>
>It seems that, all too often, the capabilities of computer users are
>underestimated.  No one likes to think of himself or herself as an
>``average'' user, and, apparently, many of us have a perception of
>the average user as an impatient semi-anthropoid with a ten-second
>attention span.
>
>Give the people some credit!  There are quite a few intelligent users
>in the world who are willing to make an investment of their time in
>learning about a new technology -- if they perceive that they will 
>benefit from it.
>
>--
>chris
>
>The term "user" has acquired a pejorative tone among computer professionals.

	And I think many people "totally Forget" that the audience
	being addressed on these conferences are very computer literate
	in most situations. Joe Average is the guy down the street
	that has never seen or used a computer in his home for example
	and you and others expect them to sit in front of a NExt box
	and easily comprehend it??? And despite the claims that Next hides
	Unix so well, its there, and somewhere along the line an owner will
	need to use it as a part of some maintanence or installation
	proecedure and that is not something for the person that has
	never used a computer before, or has minimal experience on any
	computer system. At least the Mac's ease of use is fairly
	universal from the OS to the applications and not trying to place
	a pretty face on Unix..
-- 
Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862
3Com Corp.				Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
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