1/ More from @zeynep. Let me add: OS companies have treated the OS like fashion. Gratuitious changes to sell more product.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/863552462694830080 …
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Thomas G. Dietterich Retweeted zeynep tufekci
1/ More from @zeynep. Let me add: OS companies have treated the OS like fashion. Gratuitious changes to sell more product.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/863552462694830080 …
Thomas G. Dietterich added,
2/ Unneeded changes discourage upgrades and patching. Even worse, @microsoft starting putting marketing in the Windows Update stream
3/ OS industry needs to commit to a core OS that is stable and secure and has an expected lifetime of at least 100 years
4/ Now let's talk about the user interface. Every UI change imposes a huge cost on society as users must re-learn. Can lead to serious error
5/ As a user, I want a UI contract with the vendor: "If you like your UI you can keep it!"
6/ I want to be able to separately adopt (or not) each UI change. If you can't convince me it is an improvement, I won't use it.
7/ We must get this right before self-driving cars roll out. Cyber attacks and UI changes will be lethal otherwise
Totally agree; the IoT is another disaster rolling before our eyes without actors coming together to set up sensible mechanisms.
great thread
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