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From: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: give me solid facts: Windows/Mac
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.211152.5514@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 27 Mar 91 21:11:52 GMT
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab - Pasadena, CA
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CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) writes:
>There's a crucial point here, though -- the time required to achieve
>*basic* proficiency at a Mac application is vastly lessened as soon
>as the user has learned just one from scratch.  Since the user interface
>paradigm is strictly enforced (except in Microsoft apps :-), basic
>editing skills, etc. are easily transferred when learning your way
>around new programs.

Great! Ok...now what about ADVANCED proficiency...doing complex tasks?

This concept is what I am currently harping on.
-- 
Dave Hayes -  dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov - ames!elroy!dxh

One day, a Fool was in the village mill, filling his bag with a little
bit of every other person's wheat. "Why are you doing that?" someone
asked.  "Because I am a Fool" "Why don't you then fill other people's
bags with your own wheat?"
   "Then," the Fool answered, "I would be more of a fool."