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Stephen Fairchild <somebody@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> The psychology of a Windows user
>>
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>> | It was then that I told him that my theory was that Windows was an
>> | operating system that was for people that have nothing better to
>> | do than constantly fix problems and remove spyware. Windows is a
>> | time burner that doesn't really allow you to get any real work
>> | done. It was his reply here that stopped me and got me thinking.
>> | He said "you don't understand, I like to tinker with my computer".
>> `----
>>
> I wonder if he would go and get himself a dog just so he could de-flea it.
> Forget the fun of taking it for a walk in the park or teaching it new
> tricks.
I've come across this phenomenon before. It's a kind of person who
wants to be some kind of expert, /but/, really, just wants to repeat the
same "fix" over and over. They don't want something which "just works",
they want something which breaks in a predictable fashion, so that they
can be smart enough to fix it without having to learn anything new.
To be frank, Windows is pretty much perfect for such people.
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