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see also: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2501:_Average_Familiarity
Its true, though. The number of clients that go silent when I ask what operating system they are running is staggering.
This is one of your primary tools for work, people. I feel it’s like a painter not knowing what different brushes are for, or a wood worker trying to plane a board with a sander. A professional should have a more than passing knowledge about how to use and maintain their tools. I’ll die on that hill.
“what do use?”
“the Google”
“huh”
user pulls up their Bing home page, in IE “see”
“…my prices just went up 5x”
A week ago someone was telling me about problems they were having with IE, it was Edge.
IMO, a better analogy would be a painter who doesn’t know whether he’s painting on canvas, paper, or a wall.
Perhaps a better analogy is a painter who has no idea what their canvas is made out of; they know it’s a canvas, they know it’s for painting, they’re faintly aware they’re using some material stretched over a frame, but they just assumed a canvas is a canvas and they just never considered there might be other options than the one they’ve been getting.
Or ignoring the brand of the car you drive everyday. You don’t need to know how it works, just know enough to operate it safely.
I was just taking a walk through busy streets, and thought about how I’ve heard of unbranded high-quality clothes and tech for people that have money but no desire to see advertisement in their house, much less be a walking advert — but I’ve never heard of unbranded cars. All the pricey car marques display their logos eagerly, and especially the ‘executive’ cars’ logos are larger than others’.
In fact, it’s with really odd cars like retro-styled ones or obscure limited-production outfits, that I have to google as to what the hell I’m looking at. E.g. Morgan has their hood logo looking into the sky, might as well not be there at all.