Ina
The Living Force
I must confess, I like computers and appliances in general and anything that can be taken apart and be put back together again. Nothing but more or less fancy boxes of wires one can have lots of fun with. I remember being mostly fascinated by the lamps in the radio. The moment I knew what screwdrivers were for I started to open and take apart the majority of our appliances upsetting my parents in the process because of my total lack of ‘respect’. Little they knew that I was busy acquiring the basic skills for critical thinking. Long story, short because the topic was Microsoft and desktop PCs, very few people know that Microsoft was for a long time a user driven development environment. Unlike UNIX or Mac, Windows released products were not as stable as advertised and that made them the biggest catch of all categories of users. You want to experience frustration and become expert in turning it into a false sense achievement? Try Microsoft. By comparison, UNIX is dry and unforgiving, and Mac would be boring. Besides, Microsoft still remains the cheaper version but also the least productive work environment at least for heavy duty work, that is.That's why i never like computers...
But like I was fascinated by the lamps in the radio when I was 5, my current fascination is derived by the large and constantly growing number of people that believe everything a computer displays on the screen. What you see on the screen is processed bits of data that has the best resemblance to the understanding of the ‘reality’ by the software developer.
So, don’t be upset, the computing world is still in diapers.