Still Extremely Relevant Twenty Five Years Later Comments

THE NEED FOR 'ON-GOING' COMPUTER 'END-USER' EDUCATION

How would you rate a person who buys a car without knowing how to drive, or a camera without knowledge of its function or how to use it? Similarly, how good is a professional who buys equipment but relies on his/her staff, but not himself/herself, to undergo training to operate the software to produce the work? Why do people ignore all the media reports about V.I.R.U.S. [Vital Information Resources Under Siege ] Attacks and Computer Crashes with the hope that it will never happen to them? Surely, prevention is better than having to find a cure, and the first step towards prevention is the road to End User Education.
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