Martha Bartter <MBARTTER@TRUMAN.EDU> wrote:
>"Science" simply refers to the operating system of current
>superstitions.
No, it does not.
> when
>computers were really new, very few women used them. One spoke to
>a computer in machine language; even the most basic compilers were
>not available. But most MEN couldn't do this, either. So various
>computer "languages" have been written; if you can program your
>databse or spreadsheet, or rearrange the icons on your desktop,
>it's because more and more MEN couldn't work within the limited
>parameters of the old machine languages.
Please improve your research. Begin with Commander Grace Hopper. Continue
with the economics of computing and programming, and how they have changed
as technology has changed.
>called BOB with their product. It is/was so simple (and so useless)
>that it's pretty well disappeared. WOMEN didn't want it.
>But this was
>a "technological fix" for those poor computer users who couldn't
>figure out how to open a file in Windows. (Meaning, women.)
These are unsubstantiated assertions. Do you have actual knowledge or
evidence that Microsoft was considering women when developing and pushing
these products?
Neil Rest
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