+1 On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 3:20 AM, Edward Bartolo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > Since programming is done by people, who often have a motive behind > their actions, the question as to why this is happening is not > technical, but sociological. The new 'winds of change' that are > affecting free unix like OSs like Linux, are powered by a deep belief > that users are often unwilling to make the least of efforts to > understand what goes inside their computers. Furthermore, 'modern' > computer users are those who use a computer for surfing the net, write > emails, watch youtube, listen to music, and maybe, to sometimes use a > wordprocessor to write a short document. The technical weirdo is left > for 'gurus' who are often seen as people without a social life and > sometimes even who have difficulty socialising. > > What I am noticing on this mailing list, is that discussions that > often are related to sociological situations are often seen as purely > technical. > > Follow the money to understand why all this is happening. More users > mean more customers, more customers mean more support, and finally > more support means more gain. > > I firmly belief that those who are implementing these changes > understand the shortcomings of their new solutions, but they are paid > to implement them, and pay is much more important than all > philosophical and technical reasons put together. After all, it is > money that counts. > > > Edwad > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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