This complaint applies to nearly ALL software developers on all platforms.
I'm constantly amazed at the ignorance of developers about how real people do
real work!
Actually, I'm constantly amazed at an industry that can get away with selling a
hopelessly inferior user "experience".
Alas, most end users and developers have never experienced really good software.
I put most of the blame on the 2 evil empires, first IBM then M$, whose absolute
control of the market with a huge marketing machine pushing inferior,
inadaquate, buggy, hard to use and understand products has lead this charge to
the bottom for the last 40 years.
For some of the most egregious examples, check out MIDI software for music
production, IBM mainframe OS's (up to Unix) and XP administration "tools".
Chet
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Roche" <tedroche /at/ tedroche .D.O.T com>
To: "'ProLinux Email List'" <prolinux@leafe.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:49 AM
Subject: [ProLinux] Why Microsoft is still in business, esr
> Eric S. Raymond, esr, writes his usual pointed rant on the failings of Open
> Source developers to get it when it comes to friendly user interfaces. His
> writing is excellent; his points well-taken.
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html
>
> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
> http://www.tedroche.com
>
>
>
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