Saw this gem and had to comment on it...
Reindl Harald wrote:
who cares what the users like? in business usually the admin setup the computers
The 'admin'? Admin of what? IT department? Why would a company have an IT department if it doesn't care about users?
You seem to forget that the purpose of IT is to support the users and make their life easy so they can get their job done without having to be an expert in your field. If they are an expert in your field, you are not needed.
The only point of GUI's and UI's, is to benefit users. If you don't care what they want, then how can you benefit them?
You might consider, that among users at a company are usually people with titles like 'CEO', president, payroll, hiring-manager... etc...
How would one keep a job if they don't care what their boss wants?