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Subject:Re: Word Search From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 2 May 1995 12:20:06 -0600
On Mon, 1 May 1995, Mark Levinson wrote:
> There is a phenomenon in the computer world where some users become
> unswervingly (Some say, "unthinkingly") loyal
> ** They get imprinted. Is that the word you were trying to think of?
> Like the little fowl who follow the first moving object that they
> see when they hatch, we users believe that the way our first
> word-processor acts is the way word-processors naturally should act.
This may be true, but if so, I'm glad this didn't happen to me. I would
still be using an ancient word-processor that is currently incompatible
with just about everything! I will admit to being more comfortable with
my PC (familiarity and frequency do factor in) but so far I haven't
fallen into the kind of thinking that polarizes so many PC and Mac users.
