| From: | Marco Saupe |
| Date: | 6 Sep 2000 at 11:25:47 |
| Subject: | Re: Oh No not linux |
Hello Gerald
The subject is "[amigactive] Re: Oh No not linux" and you wrote:
> Yes they can use them, but when something goes wrong they have no idea
> how to fix it. A lot of people these days learn to use computers in
> terms of "click here to run this". If it doesn't work, or if for some
> reason something has moved, they lose the ability to use the computer.
I know car analogys don't work, but...
If your car somehow doesn't start, you lose the ability to drive it, too
(unless you are a car mechanic ;).
You may be able to fix a few things, but in many cases you'll
need a specialist or at least someone who is experienced.
We on this list are (more or less) computer experts, but you
need to see it from the perspective of a "normal" user.
You might not know how to repair a car and the mechanic might
not know how to install a new harddrive.
Like you don't need to know how a combustion engine exactly works to
drive a car, you don't need to know how an OS works to use a computer.
The more you know, the more problems you can solve yourself, but
it's impossible to be an expert on everything.
Bye!
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