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root@wombat.hanse.de (Bernd "Bernie" Meyer) wrote:
>rsjohnso@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Scot Johnson) writes:
>
>>All these posts about users needing to know source code of their OS
>>and having the sophistication of a Unix administrator is ridiculous.
>>It's like a comment made by a friend of mine (a linux fanatic) who
>>claimed that all artist should know the chemical composition and
>>properties of the paint they were using.  Otherwise they couldn't be
>>considered "competent enough" to use their tools.
>

>So, nobody normally _needs_ the source, but when th un-normal situation of
>needing it occurs, it should be available.
>

But the point is that there are too many people posting to this group and others who are programmers, system administrators, etc., and assume that the problems, solutions, work arounds, and general philosophies that they are familiar with and agree with apply to every single other user in the world.  I have the source code to my O.S. and am experienced in tweaking it to my heart's content, ipso facto therefore every other user on the planet should be too and if they resist such a notion because "it wastes their time" they're obviously incompetent.  I'll quote another saying from the same friend that told me that artists should know the chemical composition of their pant, "Users are losers."  I'd attribute the arrogance to just him if it weren't for the fact that the LAN administrator at my new job said the same thing!!! And I know for a fact that the two have never met or communicated to each other.  I mean what is with this attitude?  Does it come with the job or what!!!!???


																		S. Johnson