Wednesday, November 03, 1999, 10:04:58 AM, Kevin wrote:
> machine at home that they do at work for obvious reasons. (Yes I know that
> is technically a choice, but it wouldn't be a good choice to use totally
> different OS's and applications at work and home in most cases)
Actually, it would be better to have a variety. Makes viruses kind of
hard to propagate, doesn't it?
> There are many degrees of "knowing what you are doing" and so I would hope
> that you, being an expert, would know how to *avoid* the problems that
> others might experience. But surely you can't possibly expect everyone to
> have the same amount of training and experience as yourself when you earn a
> living off of "knowing".
I make my living off of Unix, not Windows. My training and experience on
Windows is self-taught, 100%. I've not read any of the books nor have I read
the manuals. Most of my formal training and experience is on the Unix (and
variants) platform.
I expect people to have the same basic understanding of Windows I do. In
fact, maybe more so since supposedly the dummies series of books is so damned
popular. While my experience and knowledge may be vast, I do not think that
people need even a fraction of it to use computers in a sensible manner. They
just need some common sense, which, despite its name, isn't very common.
I'd love it if people would attempt to understand what they are reading
instead of pull a hamster and just call tech support when the smallest thing
breaks.
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