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From: dorner@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Idea for new MacIntosh Editor
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Date: 6 Jun 88 13:52:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxg.cso.uiuc.edu!dorner    Jun  6 08:52:00 1988


>Let me point out that novice users remain so for only a short period
>of time, depending upon the learning curve for the product...

I know many people who will be novice users for the rest of their lives.
They are people who are just too {busy, lazy, short-sighted} to take the
time to learn more than what they need to know to get by.

Of course, there are also many people who do outgrow ``novice'' in a hurry...

>[Ag]
>gaynor@constance.rutgers.edu
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