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| Thread ID: 56571 | 2005-04-09 01:40:00 | Baby duck syndrome | Jen (38) | PC World Chat |
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| 343025 | 2005-04-09 01:40:00 | IBM has some interesting articles, and this one here (www-128.ibm.com) is a good example. A different way of explaining a very real phenomenon. snippet: The phenomenon of baby duck syndrome is well known -- it's what happens when users judge new and upcoming systems by comparing them with the first system they learned. This means that users generally prefer systems similar to those they learned on and dislike unfamiliar systems. The name comes from the observation, made in the 1950s, that baby ducks imprint on the first entity they are exposed to for any length of time, treating it as their mother ... even if it's not a duck. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 343026 | 2005-04-09 01:42:00 | I prefer change. | Metla (12) | ||
| 343027 | 2005-04-09 01:47:00 | I prefer change . Me too . . . I must of been a disobedient duckling and not paid much attention :p Unfortunately I see it all the time at work, and it can be hard to break down those barriers when introducing changes . |
Jen (38) | ||
| 343028 | 2005-04-09 03:47:00 | The name comes from the observation, made in the 1950s, that baby ducks imprint on the first entity they are exposed to for any length of time, treating it as their mother ... even if it's not a duck.[/i] You will be taking better care to stay hidden next time Mother Duck borrows your place for her nursery then, won't you? :p :D |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 343029 | 2005-04-09 03:56:00 | Unusual for IBM to get something wrong. :) It was greylag goslings which Konrad Lorentz took for walks around town. I have an idea that this a bit earlier, too, before 1939. It's a while since I read his book. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 343030 | 2005-04-09 08:28:00 | Interesting article Jen. Sounds rational. Explains why it is hard for open-source software to grab a hold. But like Terry, I'm appalled at the inaccuracy of the basic premise. It was indeed Konrad Lorenz who studied imprinting by greylag goslings in the early 1930's. No ducks - geese. His name and research is so famous as to be general knowledge. Except it would seem in the corridors of IBM. Here is a link www.pbs.org |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 343031 | 2005-04-09 08:46:00 | But like TerrySo it is as I suspected - Graham L = Terry Porritt :D M. |
Midavalo (7253) | ||
| 343032 | 2005-04-09 10:10:00 | Silly me. Apologies to Graham and Terry | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 343033 | 2005-04-11 00:34:00 | Hmm, my first computer type didn't have an O/S - it ran Basic. The 2nd one had a GUI. The 3rd had DOS. Didn't influence me at all. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 343034 | 2005-04-11 02:07:00 | I'm one of those people. When I upgraded from 98 to windows 2k I had one heck of a time learning what was going on. Now I'm on XP Pro and the same things happened :mad: |
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