On Mon, 3 May 2004 11:58:04 -0400 (EDT) "David Gavin" <dgavin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Steve Searle said: > > 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 > >> =] > > > > Well I'm 43 and have 5 PCs/Servers in my study running Gnu/Linux. I > > started as a trainee programmer on a Honeywell maiunframe in '79. > > > > And I know there are plenty older and more skilled than me. > > > > Cheers > > > > Steve > > > > -- > > > > (o< www.stevesearle.com > > //\ Powered by Fedora Core > > V_/_ No MS products were used in the creation of this message > > > > 3:57pm up 56 min, 0 users, load average: 0.03, 0.13, 0.17 > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Hi Duncan, > > I know the mentality that you speak of, as I was there at the time ;-) > One thing that I've learned since then is that generalities generally > suck. > > I'm 52 and I have about a dozen Linux boxes at home (IPCop firewall, 4 > Debian SPARC boxes and the rest are RH 9 or Fedora FC1). I also support > about 30 RedHat servers for my company using RH 7.2/7.3/8.0/9.0/RHEL3 > and a few Fedora desktops. I started in computers in 1976 as a COBOL > programmer supporting IBM OS/VS2 (MVS) timesharing. Since then I've > learned and supported IBM VM/CMS, SunOS, Solaris, MassComp, HP Rangers, > DEC Ultrix, Amdahl UTS, SCO, and a few others that aren't worth > remembering. > I picked up Linux around 1991 (SLS with 0.99 kernels) and my first Linux > install involved downloading 45 3.5" floppy images over a 1200 BAUD > dialup, installing it on a spare partition of a Windows 3.11 system. I've > managed to sneak Linux into most companies that I've worked for, having > to "educate" ignorant IS guys on several occasions. For several years now > it's been part of my requirements for a job that I be allowed to run > Linux on my personal workstation or use my personal laptop (which now > runs Fedora). I still have to support folks using Windows 2000 and XP, > but I usually manage to keep that to a minimum as I don't use any > Microsoft products, so I'm not that current on them any more. > > Dave Gavin > > Folks...Step back a minute. Linus was born 28 December 1969. That's 35 years old now. Happy hacking, -- Karl L Email: karlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Homepage: http://hakmiller.rootsweb.com ============= Linux Lives! ============
