Is it truly required for *everyone* to be computer literate? In the early days computers were not so widespread the few that used them were those that understood them and how they worked. This was necessary as the systems themselves were crude with regard to interfaces and services provided. Now that the computer has become more of an appliance why should users need to understand it anymore than they need to understand how a phone or a car transmission (manual or automatic) works in order to use it.
If you want to spread technology to the masses, you need to remove the complexity and the need for intimate understanding. Everyone does not have the time, knowledge or possibly the intellect for understanding complex systems that are in common use. Lou -- Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity - Unknown On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Gerhard Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > Fair enough, but let's forget about users in this regard. In my > experience, > the business environment has become unnecessarily restrictive regarding > risk, so that even supposed "sandbox" systems may have significant limits > on > what an individual can do. When this is coupled with there being zero > benefit to taking on such a risk, it becomes easier to see why individuals > shy away from it. > > What's the point in trying to learn something when the only time you get > attention is when you make a mistake. > > So while it was certainly true that there were PLMs and training more > readily available in the past, it is equally true that many techies learned > because of mistakes and errors, whereas today there is little praise and > much blame for those taking on those tasks. > > Adam > > >Good question. For professional training (which costs $$$$$$), it is > likely > >the business environment. But I've also had users refuse to take free, > >internal, courses because they: (1) don't have the time; (2) already know > >all that stuff; and (3) don't want to bother because software should be > >"intuitive" (i.e. should do what I want/need, not what I tell it to). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
