On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 08:40, T. Ribbrock wrote: > Well, I got the impression that especially the (technical) folks who are > 30-40 now have more of a tendency to know what computers actually *are*. > I'm 35 now and "my generation" was the one that started off on VIC20s (I > did), Sinclairs or even self-built Z80/6502 machines. Most of us would > have gotten their hands dirty on assembler at some point and also would > have been used to the command line right from the start. The younger > folks seem to be spoiled by the "GUI-it-all" virus that spread later... > ;-) As such, especially the technical folks my age seem to have the > openess and knowledge needed to try other stuff. > > Cheerio, > Oooh, assembler. I keep washing my hands and washing my hands and still can't get it off. -- Edward M. Croft Sr. Systems Engineer Open Ratings, Inc. 200 West Street Waltham, MA 02451-1121
