Re: Survey at Scripting News

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:32:53 -0400 (EDT), Dan Strychalski wrote:

>> I think there's a severe case of sample bias here. Bssed on my
>> experience in consulting, it seems to me that "it was already
>> installed on the computer" is #1 among the masses of average users.
>
>Based on my experience as an office flunky, I'm surprised too.
>
>I would have been even more surprised if my main criterion had been
>listed: sane main-block-only keyboard command set. Mr. Winer probably
>doesn't know such a thing can exist. DOES exist.
>
>So I chose to interpret "software" as "main work tool."
>
>>>  I have no say in what software I use, it's someone else's choice (1)
>
>There I am.


     I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of users are in the
exact same boat, they just don't want to admit it.  I often find that
many people tend to answer those kinds of polls with what they'd like
to be the case rather then what's reality.

 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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