Comment 72 for bug 585940
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| David Clayton (dcstar) wrote Re: Text reads "not recommended" for 64-bit | #72 |
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"The problem here is that the text sounds bad and there's no further explanation."
Yep, and that is the nub of this issue and the "explanation" as to why this won't change.
This is the classic "trust us" mind-set of tech-heads who have no idea that people these days actually want to be treated like adults and require an explanation rather than yet another statement based on numerous underlying assumptions that essentially patronise anyone reading it.
Guess what?, people want tools (like Ubuntu) that aren't based on the arrogant "We know what's good for you, so shut up and do what you are told" attitude that is one of the prime reasons people want to leave Microsoft and their products.
Either put a full explanation of *why* that recommendation is made on the website or be condemned as yet another tech organisation that treats ordinary users with the same contempt that they have "enjoyed" from the IT industry for decades now.
Oh, and before anyone gets their noses totally out of joint, I have been in the IT industry for decades and have been as guilty as many others in doing that sort of thing, but those days should be long gone now.