A nation of programmers?
Found on BBC News on Saturday, 23 May 2009
Far too many people who use computers every day, and have them in their homes, aren't even capable of applying the system updates that Microsoft and Apple automatically send out, leaving them with buggy and insecure systems vulnerable to all sorts of attack.
Those whose understanding of IT stopped at learning how to use bold font in a word processor will be at a significant disadvantage, one that we should work hard to overcome before it is too late.
At the same time, Microsoft and Apple are pushing the GUI world forward, where the user is supposed to do everything via some colorful eyecandy dialog boxes without understanding anything about the background. In the end, this results in a world where your everyday user knows how to format some text bold and italic, but needs help to diagnose even the most simple problem like an unplugged network cable.