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> Learning how to use, configure and create open source is definitely one of the highest-proficiency forms of computer usage. Some of the most successful accou

> Learning how to use, configure and create open source is definitely one of the highest-proficiency forms of computer usage. Some of the most successful accountants, CFO's, and stakeholders I have met would beg to differ. > I think if they had kept tracking the higher levels of proficiency by the time they got to open source users and developers there is a chasm between their ability to use computers to solve problems vs the 3rd-level person ... This is a straw man argument[0]. OSS != "higher levels of [computer] proficiency". 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

benologist 7y ago
Look at the steps to set up WordPress. These steps can impart a lot of knowledge on the people following them. There are classical models of learning that seem very applicable - learning by doing, experiential learning and rote learning. The article is very clear society doesn't make highly proficient computer users, so if using open source doesn't create them where could they possibly be coming from? - domain registration - web hosting - put Wordpress on the hosting - configure Wordpress https://www.shivarweb.com/website-setup https://www.shivarweb.com/website-setup
- AdieuToLogic 7y ago
  Solving problems can be done in many ways. I reach first for OSS myself, but that's just me. Others solve the problems they must with tools which are not OSS. What matters most is solving the problem at hand, not what tools are used. I'm just a random Internet account, trying to impart a bit of perspective. Do with it what you shall.