Hans Georg Schaathun <h...@schaathun.net> writes: > On Wed, 11 May 2011 20:31:45 -0700 (PDT), alex23 > <wuwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > : On May 12, 7:24 am, harrismh777 <harrismh...@charter.net> wrote: > : > We need to move away from 'canned apps' to a new day where > : > the masses can sit down to their computer and solve new problems with it > : > through intuitive language skills. Why not? > : > : Because the vast majority of them don't seem to want to be bothered? > > Why does that matter? There is a sizeable group who need computers > for purposes not (sufficiently) supported by the `canned apps'.
Those people, outnumbered by the masses as you say, are thereby not themselves “the masses”. -- \ “Hey Homer! You're late for English!” “Pff! English, who needs | `\ that? I'm never going to England!” —Barney & Homer, _The | _o__) Simpsons_ | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
