Hi Dan, Forwarded message:
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 11:26:03 -0500 From: Dan Ritter <dritter@bbnplanet.com> Subject: Re: Microsoft Metaphors (fwd)
The computer is a building.
A building once built doesn't change and it's a pain in the ass to change the rooms and such. A general purpose stored program computer is intentionaly designed to get around these limitations. Computers before the stored program paradigm most certainly fit the building model however.
The OS makes it a supermarket.
The OS provides a multiplicity of resources for me to use (purchase) at my leisure? I don't think so, unless you want to model the user as the company that loads the shelves. In a computer, unlike a store, each time I want to use a jar of tomato paste (program) to build lasagna (job) I don't have to go out and buy a new jar of tomato paste.
The browser is the map of the store showing what foods are in what aisles.
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