[Proud_texan]

A totally faulty premise. While I know a whopping lot about computers if I had a problem with my cars EFI system I wouldn't have a clue if it was a problem of programming, manufacturing, a failing component or lack of user maintenance or even a bit of user abuse...

That doesn't make me a barnyard animal, it's what happens with complex systems and especially ones that allows the user to really screw it up, a basic premise of the whole "personal" computing movement.

As for all the wags that moan about poor computer operating systems it sounds to me that you think that the market is right for a good one. Excellent, go write one.

Yeah, didn't think so.

[ShadowAce]

While I know a whopping lot about computers if I had a problem with my cars EFI system I wouldn't have a clue if it was a problem of programming, manufacturing, a failing component or lack of user maintenance or even a bit of user abuse...

Exactly. Now imagine if that EFI computer had a keyboard and screen so that the average driver can affect it.

That doesn't make me a barnyard animal,...

No, it does not. It merely means you are untrained. Not a bad thing.

... it's what happens with complex systems and especially ones that allows the user to really screw it up, a basic premise of the whole "personal" computing movement.

Exactly my point--and the point of the article. Computers are not appliances. They are complex machines that should not have untrained people running them, changing them, or affecting the operation in any way.

As for all the wags that moan about poor computer operating systems it sounds to me that you think that the market is right for a good one. Excellent, go write one.

Don't need to. First, untrained people should quit modifying their computers without supervision. Second, there already is a superior OS out there. :)