From: Gary Flynn <flynngn AT jmu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Do you want to learn C?
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:37:31 -0400
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Judson McClendon wrote:

> Frank, has it occurred to you that it is a disadvantage when you have
> to have experts around just to keep your system running?  Stable means
> stable.  You do not have to have a mechanic on your payroll to keep
> your automobile running. 

You do if you have a fleet of them.

> You do not need an electrical engineer on
> your payroll to keep your stereo and TV working.  Computers are sold
> to the general public at Sears and Wal-Mart.  If they are appliances,
> then they should be as stable as appliances.  If not, they shouldn't
> be sold as such.

So complain to Sears and Wal-Mart and the computer marketing folks.

IMHO, most of what they tell people they say because thats what people
want to hear. If people haven't learned by now that a device with
a million lines of code in thousands of separate files isn't complex,
they never will.

Also, the marketers tend to give people what they ask for. You want
lots of capabilities and choices? Good, that means lots of decisions
for you to make...hopefully good ones.