On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Gene Wirchenko<[email protected]> wrote: > At 10:15 2009-08-26, Christof Wollenhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > > [snip] > >>Users get confused because they are forced to know what the difference >>between a Word document, and open office document and a PDF file is. As far >>as the user is concernced they have documents they can edit, and those they >>can't edit. In all cases they want to be able to print, view and email them. >>They couldn't care less what document type a document is and what >>application is necessary to open it. And they shouldn't need to care. > > A similar argument could be made about motor vehicles, and yet, > who would seriously argue that a vehicle user should not have to know > the difference between a car, a moving van, and an ATV? -----------------------------
You are confusing PC, apple and dumb terminal which the user probably knows, at least with the past 2 years of mac vs. PC ads. We ae talking about 2lt engines or 3.5lt engines. Many drivers don't know their engine displacement when asked at AutoZone. At least I get behind them in line way to often! -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
