Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Sun Apr 17 2022 06:47:57

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: Nightfox to Arelor on Sat Apr 16 2022 11:19 am

 > It seems it has been an industry goal to make computers easy to use though. 
 > had heard that when Apple was working on their Macintosh, they wanted the Ma
 > to basically be like an appliance - something that could be placed anywhere 
 > the home and used easily.  Apple seemed to try to make things easy to use, a
 > some people do tend to think things "just work" with a Mac.
 > Microsoft and IBM were similar in the 80s and 90s - First they had the DOS
 > operating systems, and then wanted to make computers easier to use with
 > operating systems like Windows and OS/2.  Windows 95 was really hyped up whe
 > it was released, as it was a significant change from Windows 3.1, and it see
 > Microsoft was trying to make PCs easier to use with Windows 95.
 > 
 > Nightfox

If you are a company selling domestic equipment for general use, you want to be
able to sell as much as possiblñe regardless of the ability of your customers
to actually use it :-)

I personally think the idea that Apple products just work has been generated by
marketing rather than by actual product design. Apple customers have this idea
that their products are so much easier to use than the competitor's but in this
day and age any consumer-grade piece of electronics is a no-brainer to use.

Notice that Microsoft's developments regarding ease of use were aimed at
domestic markets mostly. DOS and DOS based products were supposed to be the low
tier in their software line. For serious users they had UNIX products instead.

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