Old farts and new Linux (was: new FC1 install problems)

[Karl Hakmiller]

On Mon, 3 May 2004 11:58:04 -0400 (EDT)
"David Gavin" <dgavin at davegavin.com> 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
> >
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> 
>  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
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