🚀 go-pugleaf

On 8 Sep 1995, S. Johnson wrote:

> 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!!!!???
 
Answer: Your friends have been well trained, now they just need a bit of 
well rounded education. The education that was once gained in the lower 
grades before the trade training took place has been displaced by social 
gobbledygook which has left the highly trained technicrat without an 
education. 



Bernard Rolsma
rolsmab@shore.net