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> Approach software as a set of tools, with the expectation that you must learn and master its use, but then you will be functional and productive for a long ti

by oblio 3y ago

> Approach software as a set of tools, with the expectation that you must learn and master its use, but then you will be functional and productive for a long time. This does not scale to end users.

ndriscoll 3y ago
It seems to work with word processors, spreadsheets, image and video editors, CAD, animation, probably more. Software people use to accomplish a task.
- oblio 3y ago
  The first 2, LOL. People just click some buttons and frequently create abominations with them. They in no way, shape or form, "master them". Image editors and the like are pro tools, not mass market tools. You either use them well or you don't have a job. If you're wondering why word processors and spreadsheets don't count is that for most jobs you just use them incidentally, it's not your day job. And there is a very small minority that masters them, but it's just that, a minority.
k9unit 3y ago
Are you referring to people not having the desire or time to learn how to set up these types of things, but want to use them? The solution is... centralization, on a smaller scale. Maybe that's a home network admin, or a whole street, neighborhood, city, community. I don't really know. It's not reasonable to think everyone needs or wants to manage their network and services, of course. The cost to ensure everyone has this specialized knowledge is terribly high, it will waste what else they could have known instead. Now to provide these kinds of services as a city or community is certainly not free, even if the software is free. It costs people's time, experience, and knowledge. It requires powerful enough servers to handle requests and storage for everything. Another thing to mention is that these open source services are probably full of very critical and damaging exploits, but they are not seen or cared about yet because these services are not mainstream popular or often not public facing at all. Popular open source services have had many of their high level exploits discovered, and closed source things are scrutinized differently.

by oblio 3y ago

> Approach software as a set of tools, with the expectation that you must learn and master its use, but then you will be functional and productive for a long time. This does not scale to end users.

ndriscoll 3y ago

It seems to work with word processors, spreadsheets, image and video editors, CAD, animation, probably more. Software people use to accomplish a task.

oblio 3y ago
The first 2, LOL. People just click some buttons and frequently create abominations with them. They in no way, shape or form, "master them". Image editors and the like are pro tools, not mass market tools. You either use them well or you don't have a job. If you're wondering why word processors and spreadsheets don't count is that for most jobs you just use them incidentally, it's not your day job. And there is a very small minority that masters them, but it's just that, a minority.

k9unit 3y ago

Are you referring to people not having the desire or time to learn how to set up these types of things, but want to use them? The solution is... centralization, on a smaller scale. Maybe that's a home network admin, or a whole street, neighborhood, city, community. I don't really know. It's not reasonable to think everyone needs or wants to manage their network and services, of course. The cost to ensure everyone has this specialized knowledge is terribly high, it will waste what else they could have known instead. Now to provide these kinds of services as a city or community is certainly not free, even if the software is free. It costs people's time, experience, and knowledge. It requires powerful enough servers to handle requests and storage for everything. Another thing to mention is that these open source services are probably full of very critical and damaging exploits, but they are not seen or cared about yet because these services are not mainstream popular or often not public facing at all. Popular open source services have had many of their high level exploits discovered, and closed source things are scrutinized differently.