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I suspect that ship has long sailed. The net today has become what the cable box with a modem tried to be, a way to make TV shop a one button interaction. Whi

I suspect that ship has long sailed. The net today has become what the cable box with a modem tried to be, a way to make TV shop a one button interaction. While the net was all about files/documents the idea may still have had a chance. But with the dot-coms came the money, and with the money came the crooks. These days even FOSS projects operate with a sharp delineation between user and programmer. And don't use the term power-user within earshot of them...

hilbert42 9y ago
"But with the dot-coms came the money, and with the money came the crooks." Correct, it's why nowadays I go out of my way to avoid much of it thus have time for more productive things (it's reason for my cynicism in the reply comment re JS further on hereunder). :-)