How Is Ms-dos Like Msg? Both Raise

Telling Computer Guys That They Need To Have Permission To Quote Things Is Like Having To Tell Little Children About Death.

I Have Long Been Alarmed By People's Sheeplike Acceptance Of The Term 'computer Technology' - It Sounds So Objective And Inexorable - When Most Computer Technology Is Really A Bunch Of Ideas Turned Into Conventions And Packages.

The Problem Is Not Software 'friendliness'. It Is Conceptual Clarity. A Globe Does Not Say, 'good Morning'. It Is Simple And Clear, Not 'friendly'.

So, What You Can Do In Microsoft Word Is What Bill Gates Has Decided. What You Can Do In Oracle Database Is What Larry Ellison And His Crew Have Decided.

They Were Saying Computers Deal With Numbers. This Was Absolutely Nonsense. Computers Deal With Arbitrary Information Of Any Kind.