The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly for theirs and partly out of stereotypes that they carry with them from the conventions of the computer field.

The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.

In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.

Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.

The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly for theirs and partly out of stereotypes that they carry with them from the conventions of the computer field.

You can and must understand computers now.