Amen! (or does that make it religious as well as political? ;)

Nowhere has anyone brought up the concept that if you didn't know you
needed it, or don't understand what it does or why, then MAYBE you DON'T
need it or it isn't for you....

It's my observation that there is too much "gotta have that", whatever
it is. We used to call that "money burning a hole in your pocket".

Perhaps it's fallout from the development of the PC, et al. No one wants
to be left behind. I see it a lot in the financial area. All you have to
do is say something like "imagine if you invested in Microsoft in the
'80s". "This is the next BIG thing".... Everyone wants to get rich
quick, without having to invest any thinking...

I work with a lot of venture capitalists. You won't see them jump in
without due diligence, and they get propositioned more than most. THEY
do their homework before buying anything, even personally, yet none are
technical people. They research, study, sniff, ask around, THEN decide
if there is merit. No heavy lifting, no PhD required. Just using your
brain!

And if you still can't decide, leave it be. It'll be there tomorrow if
new info comes to light...

Consumer behavior makes lemmings look like geniuses sometimes...



On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 16:16 -0500, Herbert Graf wrote:

> I guess what I'm saying is this: consumers should NOT rely on the
> "authorities" to control what products they can buy, they should do
> their own research and make their own decisions.
>=20
> TTYL
>=20

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