We still _need_ each other... (Was Oregon again...)

[Boyd R. Collins]

It would seem that focusing on a specific user group such as librarians
would make software development easier rather than trying to meet the needs
of Joe Anybody.

>** Reply to note from silvest at umslvma.umsl.edu 12/01/95 12:21pm -0800
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>I think I'm catching the tail end of this thread, but I have to ask, what is  
>a computer "scientist"?  I have heard of computer programers, computer  
>specialists, computer technician, etc..., but never computer scientist...
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>As for making things easy to use, I think most software being developed is  
>fairly easy to use.  The biggest problem I have found is, computer  
>programmers are not thinking about library/network use, they are thinking  
>about John Doe using thier software on John Doe's computer.  And not John Doe  
>using thier software on the libraries computer, where the library will want  
>to restrict access to the guts of the computer to keep John Hacker from  
>screwing things up.
>
>The computer programmer needs to interact with the end-user as well as the  
>system administrators of library/network systems.
>
>
>Ronnie Morgan
>Team OS/2
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