The more things change...
<However, once the software manufacturers pandered to microsoft - and made stuff that couldn't be started in DOS, the end of the computer owner as a programmer was in sight. Now the computer owner is a mindless mouse clicker who drifts in a world he can't control.
"But once Ford started pandering to the unwashed masses with the Model T, the end of the automobile owner as a mechanic was in sight. Now the automobile owner is a mindless wheel-turner who drifts in a machine he can't control. Once an object of fanatic devotion to the backyard mechanic, the modern automobile has become nothing more than an appliance to be taken for granted."
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
--Robert