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Re: Microsoft Metaphors (fwd)
Hi Dan,
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> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 11:26:03 -0500
> From: Dan Ritter <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Microsoft Metaphors (fwd)
> The computer is a building.
A building once built doesn't change and it's a pain in the ass to change
the rooms and such. A general purpose stored program computer is
intentionaly designed to get around these limitations. Computers before the
stored program paradigm most certainly fit the building model however.
> The OS makes it a supermarket.
The OS provides a multiplicity of resources for me to use (purchase) at my
leisure? I don't think so, unless you want to model the user as the company
that loads the shelves. In a computer, unlike a store, each time I want to
use a jar of tomato paste (program) to build lasagna (job) I don't have to go
out and buy a new jar of tomato paste.
> The browser is the map of the store showing what foods are in what aisles.
That one I'll buy (figuratively).
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