Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 25 December 2006 07:19, Mathias Homann wrote:
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Now, imagine an internet where all users know what they're doing...
How much do you know about the fabrication and / or the internal
function of these ordinary things or systems:
- Automobiles
- Farms
- Food production
- Medicine
- Bridges, Buildings and Towers
- Highways
- Printing
- Telecommunications
- Shoes
- Electric Power
- Potable Water
- Sanitation
- Fuel
- and on and on and on and on...
Yes, and if any of those break or don't work, I need to get a
service person and *pay* them for repairing it or making it work.
For example, if I buy a new heating system for my house, that saves
energy, I need specialists to put it in and configure it. If I want
changes in my electric power or water system, I need some service
person as well. If I don't want to spend this money, I have a lot to
learn myself and have to put real effort in.
> Shame on us! (By which I mean us programmers and software
> developers!)
I don't agree with that sentiment.
How about: If someone buys a computer and/or needs a setup to use
that "Internet thingy", he or she must either spend effort to learn
it or pay money to buy the setup service. Thus, if you don't know
how to install a Linux computer -- or a Windows computer, for that
matter, go out to your friendly neighbourhood computer shop and ask
them to do it for you, against money. Most of them are eager to sell
you services, strange as it may sound -- it's more revenues for them
than simply selling computer boxes.
Thus the tip for those with setup and install trouble is: Buy
service, just like you need to do with most of the other
technologies that Randall cited above. Computing is not different to
that. Why should it be?
Joachim
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