Quote: "The only way to make a smart consumer is to inform them of the bad things. This means getting the word out, telling others to be careful, and even offering training for groups....
Smart users are informed users are users who won't continue making the same mistakes...."
This is better than the "just install Linux," but try as you may, I don't think you will educate people the way you intend. First off, in many companies, it's just too hard to get that educational word out. I mean, I personally work for a compnay with 250K employees. The failure rate to disseminate the info to that many employees is huge!
Second, some people simply don't want to learn the "how computer programs work" propaganda we techies put out. Half the time, users can't even follow simple directions because they just don't like using computers!
Third, if users spent the time to actually watch out for these programs at work, they would spend more time doing that than actually working.
This is why many of us have jobs in the tech "sector." Even if we are able to teach this process of how to avoid such things, the way this content is able to bleed into our systems will change and we will be forced to start over in the training of employees.
Kids these days will play what is put in front of them because of what gets advertised and what is considered "cool." I'll use a game that doesn't even fit into the "run around and shoot crap" mold: Magic the gathering. It's a card game. Very basic idea. I think the genius exec's over at Wizards of the coast (or Hasbro for that matter) took a look around the industry and saw how much money other groups were making in a similar fashion. Where did the sights land? Yu-gi-oh! They have a card game now, along with the movie empire they built for the kids, and all the other junk they sell with the name branded on it. So...WOTC sees that Japanese cards and themes are the new "cool" thing, so they release a new edition of cards based on.....you guessed it, Ninjas and the like.
I think all the games that end up being popular and whatnot revolve around the same ideals, because that is what makes money. The heads at the companies that make these games just want to sell units, not make ground breaking discoveries on new platforms or graphics. They are slave to whatever gets the units into the kid's hands, and the money in their bank accounts. The bottom line is a very powerful driving tool when you are a business...after all....no one will run a company that loses money, just so they can come out with new platforms, graphics, options (unless it makes them money).
Let me be the first one, then to say I like my job, and I am in the IT "sector." The only two people that I know that work in your sector do nothing but complain about their jobs, too. SO..looks like everyone complains from all over the place. It's not just limited to IT people. On a more serious note....why aren't garbage men complaining?!
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Quote: "The only way to make a smart consumer is to inform them of the bad things. This means getting the word out, telling others to be careful, and even offering training for groups.... Smart users are informed users are users who won't continue making the same mistakes...." This is better than the "just install Linux," but try as you may, I don't think you will educate people the way you intend. First off, in many companies, it's just too hard to get that educational word out. I mean, I personally work for a compnay with 250K employees. The failure rate to disseminate the info to that many employees is huge! Second, some people simply don't want to learn the "how computer programs work" propaganda we techies put out. Half the time, users can't even follow simple directions because they just don't like using computers! Third, if users spent the time to actually watch out for these programs at work, they would spend more time doing that than actually working. This is why many of us have jobs in the tech "sector." Even if we are able to teach this process of how to avoid such things, the way this content is able to bleed into our systems will change and we will be forced to start over in the training of employees.
Kids these days will play what is put in front of them because of what gets advertised and what is considered "cool." I'll use a game that doesn't even fit into the "run around and shoot crap" mold: Magic the gathering. It's a card game. Very basic idea. I think the genius exec's over at Wizards of the coast (or Hasbro for that matter) took a look around the industry and saw how much money other groups were making in a similar fashion. Where did the sights land? Yu-gi-oh! They have a card game now, along with the movie empire they built for the kids, and all the other junk they sell with the name branded on it. So...WOTC sees that Japanese cards and themes are the new "cool" thing, so they release a new edition of cards based on.....you guessed it, Ninjas and the like. I think all the games that end up being popular and whatnot revolve around the same ideals, because that is what makes money. The heads at the companies that make these games just want to sell units, not make ground breaking discoveries on new platforms or graphics. They are slave to whatever gets the units into the kid's hands, and the money in their bank accounts. The bottom line is a very powerful driving tool when you are a business...after all....no one will run a company that loses money, just so they can come out with new platforms, graphics, options (unless it makes them money).
Either way you slice it, it still boils down to the ever elusive "Them" making more money.
Let me be the first one, then to say I like my job, and I am in the IT "sector." The only two people that I know that work in your sector do nothing but complain about their jobs, too. SO..looks like everyone complains from all over the place. It's not just limited to IT people. On a more serious note....why aren't garbage men complaining?!
There are no jobs! (Yeah, unless you want to work 40 hours a week! PFT!)