Piggybacking (Sorry): Edward Croft said: > On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 11:00, Steve Searle wrote: >> Around 03:44pm on Monday, May 03, 2004 (UK time), duncan brown >> scrawled: >> >> > and i don't mean to insult you in anyway, but... i wonder who's the >> oldest computer literate linux user out there? i sort of have the >> mentality of the hippies back in the 60s/70s, don't trust anyone >> over 30 =] ... it's hard for me to believe that someone over 30 uses >> linux personally, once you're over 30 you have to start thinking >> more like a manager =]... then again, i'm almost over that line, but >> i don't feel like i'm that close =] I'm 36 myself, and I've been using Linux for about three years now. I didn't start using computers at all, really, until about ten years ago, when I discovered the Internet while working in a temp clerical job (now I'm a Solaris/Oracle wrangler -- how the mighty have fallen). I've met Linux users of all ages, but the oldest competent Linux user I've met to date was a fellow named Dick, whom I met at a Robert Burns memorial supper in Campbell, CA. He was about 65 years old, and was a cement contractor. Linux was something he picked up a few years ago. His preferred distro was Mandrake, and we talked for a couple of hours about Linux, open source, etc. He was a hobbyist, certainly not a professional, but he seemed to know more than many of the young guns I've met who are convinced that they're God's gift to computing. ;-) -- Sláinte, Richard S. Crawford (AIM: Buffalo2K) http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com/catseyeview "It is only with our heart that we can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupery
