"If you can leave any time you like, it's not a prison. It's just a
really shitty hotel."
That is, unless your company demands that you use a specific software
vendor's product. Then it really is a prison, or at least a detention
area. In my perspective the prevalence of craptastic software is
partly a result of the inability of individuals to make their own
choices regarding an HMI that works best for them. What we need is a
'Computer Users Bill of Rights' which guarantees freedom of choice of
human-machine-interface. I wrote a rant a few weeks ago concerning
my own predicament -> http://sunnyinsight.blogspot.com/2008/10/computing-subversives-bill-of-rights.html
The efficiencies that I gain in using my choice of hardware and
software are partially or completely negated by the bureaucratic
gauntlet I am forced to navigate.
v/r,
Sunny Fugate
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1. Time for some Slashdot perspective (Douglas Roberts)
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Date: November 19, 2008 12:45:10 PM MST
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Subject: [FRIAM] Time for some Slashdot perspective
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Re:News??? (Score:5, Funny)
by Golias (176380) on Wednesday November 19, @11:56AM (#25819463)
People need to be reminded of the monopolistic software prison they
live in. They don't have to use Windows, and there is better
software out there.
If you can leave any time you like, it's not a prison. It's just a
really shitty hotel.
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Doug Roberts, RTI International
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