Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!oliveb!sun!gorodish!guy From: guy@gorodish.UUCP Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio.packet,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: John Gilmore switches feet! Message-ID: <26864@sun.uucp> Date: Sun, 30-Aug-87 18:20:33 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.26864 Posted: Sun Aug 30 18:20:33 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Aug-87 05:38:19 EDT References: <1301@faline.bellcore.com> <270@idacrd.UUCP> <579@sugar.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 13 Xref: utgpu rec.ham-radio.packet:448 comp.dcom.modems:805 > > When was the last time you installed new software that caused some > > member of your computer community to have to learn as much as a > > single new command? > > Today. It was only a reminder program. So some form of coercion was used to force people to learn and use this reminder program? I suspect the person asking the question meant "When was the last time you installed, say, a new version of an *existing* program that forced the users of that program to learn a new command or commands?" Guy Harris {ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy guy@sun.com