On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Miguel A Paraz wrote: .. > people who become "techies" by buying PDA's, digital cameras an d > cellphones... as opposed to building their own PC's, doing sysadmin and > programming.
ahh i see. seems like there's a sour note here somewhere. we shouldn't fault people for thinking they are techies by brandishing all their techie goodies. as Philip Greenspun of photo.net put it so succintly, many a DICKLESS YUPPIE feels empowered by having all those techie gadgets. > by "revenge," I mean, using our knowledge of free software + PC hardware > to build "gadgets" that we can add mark-up on and sell. wow -- some revenge. unfortunately technical knowhow is only a small fraction of the success of any gadget. most of it (as Nokia and Sony have famously proven again and again) is packaging and marketing. --- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
