The Von Neuman Game of UIT
The current UIT situation can be viewed as a Von
Neuman Game of player coalitions:
Centralizing, monopolizing tendencies in SW
Industry: The Big Brothers
preserving trade secrets, keeps user-relevant
system information and modification potential locked up in proprietary and
encrypted formats.
in coalition with:
A vast, unsophisticated User Community who is
served by WIMP UIT
Least common denominator translates into largest
customer base.
Locked out are:
Power users
Features lost:
User Configuration, Modification, Adaptation,
Transparency of SW
Examples of lone ranger activities for power
users:
Free SW Foundation, GNU, Linux, Open Source,
BeOS
