mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) (05/23/91)
rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) writes: >"It doesn't matter how smart the program is, a dumb user will always > find a way to screw it up." -- Joanne Byrd If you write software that even an idiot can use, only idiots will use it. mjr.
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (05/23/91)
In article <1991May22.212051.29589@decuac.dec.com> mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: >rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) writes: >>"It doesn't matter how smart the program is, a dumb user will always >> find a way to screw it up." -- Joanne Byrd > If you write software that even an idiot can use, only idiots >will use it. All generalizations are false.
jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid) (05/23/91)
In article <16242@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: In article <1991May22.212051.29589@decuac.dec.com> mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: >rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) writes: >>"It doesn't matter how smart the program is, a dumb user will always >> find a way to screw it up." -- Joanne Byrd > If you write software that even an idiot can use, only idiots >will use it. All generalizations are false. Including yours? ..... :-) Jim
asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (The Grand Master) (05/24/91)
}In article <16242@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: } } In article <1991May22.212051.29589@decuac.dec.com> mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: } >rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) writes: } >>"It doesn't matter how smart the program is, a dumb user will always } >> find a way to screw it up." -- Joanne Byrd } > If you write software that even an idiot can use, only idiots } >will use it. Ah. I always wondered why MACs were so popular. ;-) --------- ### ## Courtesy of Bruce Varney ### # aka -> The Grand Master # asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu ### ##### # PUCC ### # ;-) # # ;'> # ##
malcolmc@spider.co.uk (Malcolm Campbell) (05/24/91)
In article <JIM.91May23133116@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid) writes: All generalizations are false. Including yours? ..... :-) All falsehoods are true, even this one :-) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Campbell | Spider Systems Limited | Spider Park, Stanwell Street - malcolmc@spider.co.uk +44 31 554 9424 | Edinburgh, EH6 5NG, Scotland