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Re: [ontolog-forum] How long to useful?

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From: John F Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 10:26:56 -0400
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On 5/31/2012 10:12 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
> How about summing this all up as "simply simple" vs "deceptively simple" ?    (01)

Yes, but you have to distinguish "for whom?"  For years, people said
that Unix could never be user friendly.  But now, most of the most
user friendly tools are built on some version of Unix.    (02)

Another way to put it:  you can't have a system that's user friendly
for end users unless it is user friendly for the Geeks.    (03)

John    (04)

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