Yes, this is all a great challenge for those of us who are Not-Techie or
just New-Techie.  But on the other hand I find many extremely generous
and understanding people in the computer (or should I say Internet)
industry who are more than happy to hold our hands as we go.
 
And I'll bet that Richard's comment about mis-spelling is misguided.
The eight-letter length of the word "Parkinsn" gives me a hint that it
must be this long (short) to meet protocol requirements.
 
John C., I hope you can get used to a world of dropped vowels eventually
and relax a little. I've found the world of Internet a bit intimidating
sometimes but then I also find it pretty compassionate.
 
 
 
David
 
 
 
On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Simon Coles wrote:
 
> John Cottingham's wrote:
>
> >Richard, the programmer types who wrote listserv couldn't even spell
> >parkinsn let alone care about making things 'easier'...:( Listserv is a main
> >frame program that doesn't care about PC and Mac mail programs. Things will
> >not be made easier, because we do not reside in their universe of 'important
> >things'.
> >
>
> John's points are indeed true - the Internet is not exactly a friendly place.
>
> The only thing I'd add is that most of this stuff was created by people in
> their "spare" time and given away. Most of the time it was written for them
> and their friends to use, and non-techie people weren't considered.
>
> This "Gift culture" has allowed the Internet to grow exponentially and also
> remain available to the home user. Unfortunately it does mean you all have
> to become techies to use the stuff.
>
> You can buy really nice list server, or get someone to write/modify one for
> you. But I bet you don't want to pay the price :-)
>
> Having said that, yes the computer industry is guilty of many sins,
> particularly in its attitude to end users. Lots of people are working away
> to make a difference, but there is a lot of work to be done.
>
>
> Simon
>
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