On Monday 03 May 2004 11:58, Richard Crawford wrote: >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, whippersnapper :) >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. ;-) In my case, I've had the pleasure of knowing what was once a teenager with promise, and who has grown in 20 years, into the IT manager at www.wdtv.com. I've often made the statement that between us, we make a decent programmer, and we actually sold some amiga software back then. That 'young gun' has surprised me with his vision of howto do things on more than one occasion, thinking up ways to do things that my older viewpoint seems to miss. Of course, he's no longer a 'young' gun, pushing 40 & pretty grey-haired now, like me 10 years ago. Now mine is fairly white. I think the word I'm looking for is synergism. We've often had some heat to our discussions, but we've never ceased to be friends, not for a millisecond. >-- >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 -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
