[jcelerier]

non-programmer users don't complain because they don't know how bad they are fucked.

A few weeks ago my non-technical neighbours told me that their computer was "a bit slow" and if I could "install a new antivirus". Here's what "a bit slow" meant :

- windows took 7 minutes to boot

- IE took more than a minute to open

And of course it wasn't always like that, but the proverbial frog was boiled long enough that it took a lot of time for them to be pissed enough to look for help (the poor guys had 4 antivirus programs running concurrently - on a machine with 2 gigs of ram).

In contrast, if my browser takes more than 3 or so seconds to open I start looking for what's wrong.

[O_H_E]

Horror. 4 antivirus programs in 2G RAM

That makes me think of what school and uni digital illiteracy should look like.

[jcelerier]

given that the aforementioned neighbors are more than 60 years old I don't think you can really blame school and university

[O_H_E]

That's a result of the crazy acceleration current technology is moving with. My comment was kinda addressing the future.