On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Jean Louis wrote: > When software is distributed to a mechanic, telling him indirectly, > that he is dumb, and he shall use click/pray to search Google and > watch videos, and nothing more, this is leading him nowhere.
just wanted to say I am completely with you on the position of not treating users as dumb. there was a lecture here in Goteborg at FSCONS by Elinor Carmi which I really enjoyed and, while mostly focusing on the human-machine interaction of "user operators". She started from stories about the early Bell telephone network days, to nowadays content management on social media. While tangential to her speech, she still articulated well a scenario touching this issue, of treating users as dumb and how that is a very bad idea for everyone. in Devuan we are definitely witnessing this too. Many users fleeing out from the systemd imposition in Debian are offended by the way they are treated as stupid. there where more speeches at FSCONS which have been recorded and should come out soon online, I highly recommend watching them. What was also remarkable is that most speakers were women, well engaged on political topics that are definitely echoing the spirit of the Free Software movement. ciao
