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Matt Cramer cramer at unix01.voicenet.com
Wed Sep 13 10:08:53 PDT 2000


On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Peter K. wrote:


> Kendall:
> >I think this is largely a stereotype; after all, what's more
> >condescending? Microsoft's Talking Paperclip, and the attitude that
> >ordinary people are too stupid to really understand anything about
> >their computers; or giving away your code to the world at
> >large to read, study, and learn from, and then assembling that code
> >into operating systems that are challenging but give users a
> >tremendous amount of power.
>
> The Talking Paperclip is the ultimate in condescension.

The sad, ugly truth is that most people enjoyed being on the receiving end of condescension. It makes them feel all warm and safe.

Matt

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