Συντάκτης: Emiliano Marini Ημερομηνία: Προς: Edward Bartolo Υ/ο: dng Αντικείμενο: Re: [DNG] You might have seen this already...
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On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 3:20 AM, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Since programming is done by people, who often have a motive behind
> their actions, the question as to why this is happening is not
> technical, but sociological. The new 'winds of change' that are
> affecting free unix like OSs like Linux, are powered by a deep belief
> that users are often unwilling to make the least of efforts to
> understand what goes inside their computers. Furthermore, 'modern'
> computer users are those who use a computer for surfing the net, write
> emails, watch youtube, listen to music, and maybe, to sometimes use a
> wordprocessor to write a short document. The technical weirdo is left
> for 'gurus' who are often seen as people without a social life and
> sometimes even who have difficulty socialising.
>
> What I am noticing on this mailing list, is that discussions that
> often are related to sociological situations are often seen as purely
> technical.
>
> Follow the money to understand why all this is happening. More users
> mean more customers, more customers mean more support, and finally
> more support means more gain.
>
> I firmly belief that those who are implementing these changes
> understand the shortcomings of their new solutions, but they are paid
> to implement them, and pay is much more important than all
> philosophical and technical reasons put together. After all, it is
> money that counts.
>
>
> Edwad
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