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Not Dumb, Just Choices

The issue as I see it is not about smart or dumb, better or best, or any other value judgement; rather its about making choices based on what a specific individual (company, school, government, etc) wants / needs.

For those who live their lives online, or in cyber, or in less than human-to-human modes (that's not a judgement), multiple ways of online / connectable modes are desireable. For those of us who still use landline phones, pc-based emails for sending & receiveing info, documents, photos, etc., an excellent email client is all that is necessary.

More and more I use Thunderbird instead of a Notepad app, I dumped the fax because of quality & reception considerations, and I switch from film to digital as its the easiest way to transmit photos for news articles, in-house publications, etc.

I choose to stay with Web 1.x - - I feel more secure that way; it doesn't make Web 2.0 bad, but its simply not my choice. I do choose OpenSource, and will probably migrate to Linux in order to get rid of Microsoft.

Bottom line: for myself and millions of others, the computer, both hard- and soft- ware are tools to an end, and not the end unto itself. Again, these are not value judgements, but choices made based upon my individual and specific needs and desire.

If those needs change, presumedly the tools I'll need will also change. Until then, I don't have the need, time or desire to expend my (limited) resources that way.

Posted by: BearPup   Posted on: 09/21/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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