One big thing Microsoft, Apple, and all CTOs can learn from Ubuntu

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Kevin Hunter <hunteke at earlham.edu> wrote:
> The more correct phrase is, of course, "those who are not
> computer-oriented", but for this lazy man, "Mum & Dad" is just a few
> characters shorter, and, when not insulting to others, generally gets my
> point across.  If you have a better phrase that would not leave you
> insulted, I'm happy to use it.

FWIW: since a common term in my experience for people who understand
computers and actively enjoy fiddling with them is "techies", then by
simple extension, "non-techies" denotes those who are not like that.
These days, by far the largest part of the computer-using population
are non-techies: they use the computer as a tool to get at the Web and
to play games, mostly, and in business to do work-oriented stuff in
Office and Exchange.

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