Monday, November 01, 1999, 11:38:33 AM, Ali wrote:
> Hi all,
> On Monday, November 01, 1999, 1:45:35 PM (-5 GMT), Steve scribbled:
>>> All these examples are from real life. Want more? I could fill a
>>> volume. How are any of these problems the result of the ineptitude
>>> of the users?
>> Yet for each of those stories there are thousands, literally thousands
>> where everything works fine for months and years at a time. Furthermore, for
>> each example you toss out I can toss out dozens of idiot users who cause many
>> of those problems in the first place.
>> Furthermore, a lot of those problems are caused by the pressures the same
>> idiot users place upon the market. They want it all and they want it *NOW*.
> That's irrelevant. Remember that her scenarios were put forward to
> refute the sweeping statement made by Marck.
MDP>>> Very true! Computers are not the source of frustration.
MDP>>> It is an individual's own ineptitude that provides it.
It is relevant. It is the user's own ineptitude which prompts the
companies to do stupid things. PT Barnum at its best. :P
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