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wilburyan

join:2002-08-01		reply to nixen
Re: Cool!

If they did that then "Joe Clueless" wouldn't be able to figure out how to get the damn thing going.

And it's not because it's hard... most of the time people just refuse to even try... like they are intimidated by it.
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nixen
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said by wilburyan See Profile :

If they did that then "Joe Clueless" wouldn't be able to figure out how to get the damn thing going.

And it's not because it's hard... most of the time people just refuse to even try... like they are intimidated by it.
Sometimes, it just makes sense that there be a certain level of knowledge required in "order to play". The home gear is so dead-simple to configure that, if people are too addled to figure it out, we really shouldn't be doing anything to make it easier for them to get on the net.

-tom
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"Some people have morals, standards and ideals about quality, but I'm an American: I couldn't care less." --Tony Pierce (paraphrased)
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JamesPC

join:2005-10-12
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simplicity

you wont sell anything with that mentality...in business its all about making the most money...for them to do that they must sell the largest amount of product they can...so when they leave the default setting the way they are now. Netgear eliminates a couple of things...one the user (buyer) is pleased because he plugged it in and it worked... user not calling customer help... and most importantly he is pleased with the simplicty of the product so he will decide to by another product.
Business 101...
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nixen
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Alexandria, VA		 It's like the Energizer bunny: consumers (are allowed to) get dumber and dumber and dumber...

-tom
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