A very heavy assumption -- Your are expecting that everyone understands
what they read. You are also expecting that the press is printing what
you need when you need it. How many times have you considered buying
something to have a trashing article come out a month later. Most
computer users in the home or the office are just that -- users. They
are not techo and do not care as long as the machine does what it is
supposed to. If everyone was interested and properly trained the Help
Desk people would be out of business.
>
> Danny:
> : There are a couple of big newspapers here whose computer sections only
> : ever seem to plug Microsoft software. Coincidentally (?) they are also
> : full of Microsoft advertising... By no stretch of the imagination are
> : most of the reviews of computer products that appear unbiased. <snip>
Business is business -- I feel for the add manager that loses $50K
account because the techo says the product sucks. Independence has its
price so unless you are like US Consumer Reports which is indpendently
funded and no advertising -- you bear (bare) you sole to those that pay
the rent.
If things were clear it this business we would not have software
producers writing manuals that are then re-written into common english a
thousand times over so the common folk and use it. I know a a leading
SE that gets the "idots" guides so he can explain his own software.
Cheers -- Terry
-- <!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!><!> Terry Swarner tswarner@dynamite.com.au Internet Research, Web Authoring, Instruction, and Consultant (AFS 2 Certified) 0411 462424 Snail Mail: PO Box 1816, Tuggeranong ACT 2901 <quote>There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. - Ansel Adams </quote>