On 1999-06-01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Or Botton> said:
>>Proper computer language skills should be taught, not marketed.
>>Education begins in a structured classroom over a period of
>>months and years; marketing attempts to gain the quickest access
>>to your wallet as possible without regard to quality control,
>>just profit and power.
>Thats where I believe that you have a mistake.
>Marketing, in the end, is designed to influence the opinion of
>people. The people who decide what will be taught in schools are
>people. These people get influenced. I've mentioned about twice
>by now what happened in my country. GUI and simple-user was
>marketed as "the right way" and what everyone should do. ...
If proper computing methods and tools are the sole propriety of marketing
manipulations -- and not developed for the general public welfare -- then we
have a corrupt system, in my opinion. I'd vigorously resist such a state of
affairs.
Successful marketing is *not* equal to practical computing skills.
Jerry
Internet Montana
-*- Be more loyal to good principles than friends.
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