Well, 2009/6/12 Huan "KDE Zealot" Truong <huantnh at gmail.com>
> > I apologize for not being serious all time. I was trying to have some > fun sometimes, but now I'm getting more serious. > > I don't see problems with people trying to do different things, such > as they are using Windows or Linux, smoking or drinking or not smoking > or not drinking. > > While maybe you think they should be using Linux and not to smoke. > Smoking is another thing but you mentioned it before but using Windows > is something we have talked so much. > > I just want to express that I have no problems with them doing that, > and trying to say they have reasons to do so, while in your arguments > it is biased with something is right and something is not. I don't get > it. It's the freedom of people choosing what they like. I'd say I > recommend one not to use Windows, or not to smoke, but if she/he chose > to do it, I'd be fine. > > ... > > > I see computers/software as a tool for people to use to make > productive and fruitful results, so they should be as natural and > friendly as possible. > > How do we judge naturalness and friendliness of software applications? > It is like we see the TV. People don't have to learn about UHF > frequencies and all kinds of connectors and video formats when > watching TV. People don't have to learn or worry about filesystem and > permissions and apt-get and whatnots when they use the computer. > Although, on the other hand, knowing about frequency and everything > would give people more power over the TV system. As well as computers > - maybe understanding how the computer works is good for them. > > But I am sure there are people, and most of them out there don't want > to and don't need to know that. It is what encapsulation means. At the > same time, we should always think that people have different things to > worry about other than fiddling around with what's going on inside the > machine. They have works to be done and there is nothing wrong for > them to pay for what they have and even for the engineer to > encapsulates what is inside (Windows, for instance.) > > In terms of Linux and free software in general, I view it as a product > that the inventor decided to open it up for other engineers to tweak > it the way they like, and even the users to tweak the machine. That > doesn't mean that a normal user would have to know and would have to > care about the way it work, and there is Apple doing BSD and makes OS > X and iPhones, and Sony putting all Linux inside their camcorders and > music players. > > I think it's the way the technological products should be and the way > we should approach the mass with technology, but not trying to > "empower" them with all the knowledge that they might not be willing > to know. Phew! I don't think the above arguments have some connection to the topic. It's really really boring & frustrating to mix all of those stuff time by time. It's neither funny or serious at all. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.hanoilug.org/pipermail/hanoilug/attachments/20090612/9fe24df0/attachment.htm>
