Comment Hmmmm (Score 1) 28
It seems to me that the people who are scared sh*tless about the march of technology are not people who're likely to be mucking about with programming Open Source or otherwise. Rather, they are the end users. Given that, its hard to see how Open Source Software will mollify their fears. What Open Software might allow is for more people to influence the functionality of the software they use, since it makes it possible for a user to take a program whose functionality is not appropriate for them to an in-house programmer to fix. Boy would I like to be able to do that with Word 7! *grin* That sort of thing would lower people's frustration with technology, perhaps.
I do think you're right that in-person shopping isn't going away anytime soon, since as you say, most Americans aren't on the Net yet. In any case, I think most people have a higher comfort level with buying some things (clothes, for example) in a store where they can examine and try on the merchandise.
I do think you're right that in-person shopping isn't going away anytime soon, since as you say, most Americans aren't on the Net yet. In any case, I think most people have a higher comfort level with buying some things (clothes, for example) in a store where they can examine and try on the merchandise.
