![]() ![]() Had it been easier to install when I first got my hands on a copy of Warp 3 from a government auction, I would never have bothered much with Unix, because I already disliked Windows, and could never afford Mac. Yes, what Windows should have been, but it was the brilliant internals which gave it what foothold it did gain. I can recall, happening to reside in Europe at the time it was launched in public advertising, OS/2 was the first GUI I had ever seen. Initial resource investment by IBM made this everything Windows should have been, but internal politics and the resulting marketing idiocy nearly killed it. Such is eComStation (eCS), formerly OS/2. But if your product is actually good technology, those you reach will remain faithful beyond the life of the product itself. If your resources are few, then you should hardly expect to escape the niche market. ![]() If your market is more narrow, you have the luxury of investing more resources into the underlying design. Thus, any appeal to them requires hitting that sweet spot between meeting them where they are and moving them in the direction you are going. The vast majority of those using computers don't have a strong techie bent. The best teachers don't simply put it where you can reach it, but make you want it. If you can't guide someone across that barrier, you can't actually teach much, because the whole process then relies entirely upon the abilities and inclinations of the learner. The key to teaching anyone anything is having some clue what it's like not knowing. ![]()
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