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[Hans Georg Schaathun]

On Wed, 11 May 2011 20:31:45 -0700 (PDT), alex23
  <wuwei23 at gmail.com> wrote:
:  On May 12, 7:24 am, harrismh777 <harrismh... at charter.net> wrote:
: > We need to move away from 'canned apps' to a new day where
: > the masses can sit down to their computer and solve new problems with it
: > through intuitive language skills.  Why not?
: 
:  Because the vast majority of them don't seem to want to be bothered?

Why does that matter?  There is a sizeable group who need computers
for purposes not (sufficiently) supported by the `canned apps'.
The fact that they are outnumbered by users who really only need
typewriters and entertainment theatres does in no way reduce the
need of those who actually need /computers/.

-- 
:-- Hans Georg