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Are general purpose tools scams? An operating system does many things. A general purpose language when contrasted with a domain specific language. A human prog
by CapsAdmin 3y ago
Are general purpose tools scams?
An operating system does many things.
A general purpose language when contrasted with a domain specific language.
A human programmer thinking that they're a wizard that can solve all problems.
However I get the sentiment I think, it's a little bit like snake oil and alternative medicine. They promise to solve all your problems.
What's interesting to think about is who it is to "blame". The developers of the product, the sales people of the product, the wild imagination of the buyer thinking the product can solve everything, or maybe the wild imagination of the developers behind the buyer. However if the seller can set off a wild imagination in the buyer, maybe you've successfully scammed them.
- narag 3y agoAre general purpose tools scams? No. But I'm old enough to remember how the people that bought the first IBM PCs complained that the computers were useless. Of course they needed much more than the very expensive machines: software, training, peripherals, backups... They were scammed by the vendors, even if the product was not a scam.
- CapsAdmin 3y agoIn my experience I've felt that sales people tend to act like vendors in your anecdote, just within a single company.
- version_five 3y ago> Are general purpose tools scams? No code / low code might be a good analogy here