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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--