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Originally Posted by stonetools
Pretty much classic examples of geek design are the Linux Operating system and Google TV-lots of features and options, but no non geek wants to use them.
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It's amazing how you've nailed Linus Torvalds' motivations with so few words; "I wanted to make something for the geeks."
The problem with throwing the "geek" and "average user" designations around willy-nilly is that they are both moving targets. The "average" iOS user today would have been a geek in the previous decade. When it comes to Apple and iPhones, I consider all owners to be geeks. Why else would they have a smartphone that can play Angry Birds?
The divide between Linux users and "average" computer users today has very little to do with their geekitude (considering today's Linux flavors)... but it does have everything to do with paradigm and dogma. How do I know? Set three children down in front of three computers (Windows, Mac & Linux). They will all three soon be equally proficient at using the graphical interface each O.S. offers to do all of the things that interest them. And they will each be leery of the other two O.S.'s for the rest of their lives.