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Re: Stupid users (was Re: Is there a term for this?)
Subject:Re: Stupid users (was Re: Is there a term for this?) From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:Phil Snow Leopard <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:43:37 -0800
A minor nit about this statement is that most database systems are really
not "saving your work as you go." What is actually happening is that you
are changing the database in real time as you work. Many don't even cache
keystrokes and thus have no undo capability. So rather than protecting
stupid workers they are really the exact opposite: minefields where free
range stupid users can wreak irreversible havoc.
Gene Kim-Eng
> > NOW it's even worse: Apple software (and Google docs, along with most
> > database systems) now saves your work as you go.
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