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IMHO this Wikipedia page presents a very narrow view of End User Computing. The concept has been around as long as computing itself - I would refer you to textbooks like "Automating the Office: Office Systems and End-User Computing" by Regan and O'Connor written in 1989. Yes 1989. End-Users are the entire audience or clientèle who use and access information technology as opposed to the group of professionals who develop and support information technology. Now, of course, that audience is massive. Since the advent of personal computers end-users have been able to do much more that simply interact with or "use" technology. End-users have been able to actively shape the computing environment particularly the software environment. Now, with the wider acceptance of BYOD and a greater awareness of the role played by a shared workplace (i.e. cloud computing), end-user computing is shaping the future of computing in very tangible ways. End-User are responsible for the shift in hardware preference with End-user technology now outselling corporate desktops. This is turn lead Microsoft to re-skinning Windows 7 to make it more appealing to the End-user market (i.e. Windows 8). The plethora of applets in the hand-held market is testimony to the importance of End-User Computing.
-- Stephor -- <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/118.208.209.118|118.208.209.118]] ([[User talk:118.208.209.118|talk]]) 07:39, 9 March 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> Here is a little reading to help you to better appreciate EUC [http://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-end-user-computing-aeuc/37172]. --stephor--
:End User Computing is similar to the End User approach to software development, but differs in that EUC allows users to (re)program applications. Research explores alternative ways for users to write applications without using traditional computer languages. In the EUC approach, the End User is assumed to have the knowledge needed to complete tasks, while the typical End User is expected to access existing knowledge in applications. Is that about right?
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As this is re-worked, there needs to be a full spectrum of viewpoints covered. For example, the [http://www.acm.org/pubs/cacm/ July CACM] has a column which considers that computing is now more a [http://www.acm.org/pubs/cacm/toc/2007/july_toc.html natural science] than just a tool. Computational supports for the [[Scientific method#Computational approaches|scientific method]] lead to discussions about our [[quasi-empirical|bases]], [[operational definition|operational]] and otherwise. [[User:64Plus|64Plus]] 14:49, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
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Per [[wp:preserve]], let's point out that [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=End-user_computing&curid=3558310&diff=475226031&oldid=474576239 this revision] removed a lot of unreferenced content. [[User:Diego Moya|Diego]] ([[User talk:Diego Moya|talk]]) 14:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
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