The way to identify it is if you can sit at a computer and just make things work without even knowing how you do it. That's why I got into programming in the first place, I sat at the first Apple IIe my school had (sixth grade) and just started ... programming. I had nothing else but a book of programs from the library. Seems though that most of the people who work in the tech field do not have the geek gene, they're either nerds or people who cheated their way through school.
My sister had that one I believe the TRS-80. Made my apple 2 c look like a toy. hehehe
My sister had that one I believe the TRS-80. Made my apple 2 c look like a toy. hehehe
You know when the PC's came out with 200 mhz I said to a friend "they will get to be gigs one day" Never knowing that would be the name.
When I said Gig though I was thinking Gazillion mhz.
Define inferior.
... and that's just stupid. Us programmers spent decades working to make computers user friendly for everyone, first of all, second of all just because someone chooses an inferior OS for whatever reason doesn't mean they are computer illiterate. Like people who wear flipflops ... they just like it for some reason.
Define inferior.
... and that's just stupid. Us programmers spent decades working to make computers user friendly for everyone, first of all, second of all just because someone chooses an inferior OS for whatever reason doesn't mean they are computer illiterate. Like people who wear flipflops ... they just like it for some reason.
How many linux boxes or even Macs are a simple to use to the every day joe as a windows box? You have to remember. About 1/1000 of 1% are geeks like us. The rest of the world just wants to post pics on Myspace and videos on youtube, share pictures with their friends, send some email and play a few games.
Its not like they are asking their 'puters to project telemetry or anything.
In the end, those people who bash windows are usually the people who don't use windows for what it was intended to be used for.
Beginners!
Since the shift of programmer contributions to Linux and Mac and no contributions to Windoze ... notice Windoze keeps getting worse? The only reason Windoze got so user friendly was because of programmers contributing to it, the only reason it was popular was because of the business genius that pushed it ... now MS has neither of those, the business genius is retired and us programmers are not happy with the new direction they are going ... but we are looking at Mac in a whole new light and decided to finally ... finally ... make our OS more user friendly ... now we have Ubuntu ... making Linux for human beings ... this is not the end, this is not the beginning of the end ... this is the end of the beginning. Computers have a long way to go as a whole, but ... who makes the interfaces work? Not the money holders, not the sales reps, not the advertising agencies ... us geeks.
Oh, I don't agree at all!Define inferior.... and that's just stupid. Us programmers spent decades working to make computers user friendly for everyone, first of all, second of all just because someone chooses an inferior OS for whatever reason doesn't mean they are computer illiterate. Like people who wear flipflops ... they just like it for some reason.
How many linux boxes or even Macs are a simple to use to the every day joe as a windows box? You have to remember. About 1/1000 of 1% are geeks like us. The rest of the world just wants to post pics on Myspace and videos on youtube, share pictures with their friends, send some email and play a few games.
Its not like they are asking their 'puters to project telemetry or anything.
In the end, those people who bash windows are usually the people who don't use windows for what it was intended to be used for.
Beginners!
Since we have moved focus as programmers to making Linux more user friendly and ditched helping MS anymore ... you must admit that it's a lot easier for "normal" computer users now ... about as easy as Windoze 3.1 but with more features than even Windoze 7 has.
Oh, I don't agree at all!
Since we have moved focus as programmers to making Linux more user friendly and ditched helping MS anymore ... you must admit that it's a lot easier for "normal" computer users now ... about as easy as Windoze 3.1 but with more features than even Windoze 7 has.
Get back to Me when all the other systems combined reach even 20% of the windows share and that includes software and third party vendors.
Take for instance just the market for hardware drivers.
No one, and I mean NO ONE has as many drivers for as many pieces of hardware as windows. And with 99.8% of those drivers working correctly every time they are installed, I'd say that the other systems have years of work to do just to catch up on that area alone!
People want to throw stuff on their computers, have it work reasonably well and then move on in their lives without having to think about the 15 command line commands they have to type exactly just to get their firewire multi-port to work.
I'm all for bringing other O/S's online, but My daughter brought it home to Me just the other night when she was complaining about her Unbutu laptop that her pastor installed because he doesn't like having to pay for an O/S like windows.
She isn't a geek and he is. She can barely run anything and if something goes wrong, her system is down for days until I get time to fix it. And I am not the worlds foremost authority on any linux box! The same problems can be fixed relatively easy in windows because just about everything works in windows.
Sorry. I prefer better computers, and there are better systems out there then windows, but I simply don't see the irrational hatred most people have for Windows. Its like the TV.
Don't like what is on? Turn the channel instead of complaining about the programing...
