[PLUG-TALK] What Windows Is _Really_ Like

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Michael M. wrote:

> Well, one reason is "a look at Task Manager" vs. running "ps ax | wc -l".
> Average Joe User can just about manage launching Task Manager on those rare
> occasions he might need to; he can probably even remember, two months
> later, that the thing he needs to find again is called "Task Manager." How
> likely is he, two days later let alone two months later, to remember 'ps ax
> | wc -l'?

Michael,

   If the author is Average Joe User, then perhaps he ought not to be writing
an IT column.

   It's all a matter of training and learning. Nothing is "intuitive", but it
becomes second nature once we know it. Consider, for example, driving a
vehicle with a manual transmission. That's all I've ever had (except for my
diesel pickup), and I don't need to think about shifting gears or look to
know in what gear I am. In the recent past there have been a couple of news
articles of punks who've highjacked cars at gunpoint, and are still sitting
there when the cops arrive because they cannot drive a vehicle with a manual
transmission.

> I don't think it's so much an issue of trust as it is of taking the path of
> least resistance.

   Do you think companies take the path of least resistance on everything they
do? I don't think so; I could easily be mistaken.

Rich

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