I work in a pub in Melbourne Australia. The other day I was shown how to boot the TAB betting machine and lo and behold it runs on windows.
My managers are a fairly computer illiterate bunch though they do pour a good beer. All they know is that they have to reboot the machine at least once a shift and cop all associated flack from angry customers who want to be reimbursed for a bet they couldn't place. They are now against all computers and I even overheard them advising other local businesses that it wasn't worth investing in a computer system.
If Microsoft start to dabble in say toasters with their currently shoddy system the average joe bloe is not going to differentiate between the M$ toaster and the deluxe penguin model, they will be exposed to shoddy technology and therefore assume that the whole industry is a joke.
Not working in the IT industry, most people around me don't even have a very good concept of what an OS is let alone that there are alternatives to Windows. They assume that since their computers cause them constant trouble any computer they get will. Then they tell their friends over a few pots what a pain it's been getting the thing going and now it wont run for more than two levels of wolfenstein.
Are we concerned about this? Or do we just wait for this breed to die out still disgruntled with every aspect of the IT industry simply because they didn't know they had another option.
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My managers are a fairly computer illiterate bunch though they do pour a good beer. All they know is that they have to reboot the machine at least once a shift and cop all associated flack from angry customers who want to be reimbursed for a bet they couldn't place. They are now against all computers and I even overheard them advising other local businesses that it wasn't worth investing in a computer system.
If Microsoft start to dabble in say toasters with their currently shoddy system the average joe bloe is not going to differentiate between the M$ toaster and the deluxe penguin model, they will be exposed to shoddy technology and therefore assume that the whole industry is a joke.
Not working in the IT industry, most people around me don't even have a very good concept of what an OS is let alone that there are alternatives to Windows. They assume that since their computers cause them constant trouble any computer they get will. Then they tell their friends over a few pots what a pain it's been getting the thing going and now it wont run for more than two levels of wolfenstein.
Are we concerned about this? Or do we just wait for this breed to die out still disgruntled with every aspect of the IT industry simply because they didn't know they had another option.