zlacker

[parent] [thread] 0 comments
1. blende+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-07-30 01:48:14
> "Software freedom" fighters should understand that things happen based on some user base need.

I wish that were true. However, I think the movie Tron (1982) sums this up very nicely.

From the movie Tron:

> Dr. Walter Gibbs: That MCP, that's half our problem right there.

> Ed Dillinger: The MCP is the most efficient way of handling what we do! I can't sit here and worry about every little user request that comes in!

> Dr. Walter Gibbs: User requests are what computers are for!

> Ed Dillinger: Doing our business is what computers are for.

We are now moving toward a world where all computers have a "MCP". No, it is not to solve user problems, it is to do the business of the corporations that designed it.

[go to top]