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

[Gregory Woodbury]

On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 09:10:14PM -0400, Bill Diamond wrote:
> 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 =]
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Ditto. I'm pushing 44, and I have three Linux servers and two WinPCs.  
> 
> Please, sonny.  We grandpappys were programming Unix before you were
> even conceived of.    Hell, I was programming Bell Version 3 back in
> 1980.
> 
> So, y'all hush up now and respect your elders :-)

In 1980 it was Bell Labs "Edition 7" (based on the User's Manual
edition).

Me?  In 1958 I was keypunching FORTRAN decks for my dad at age 5.
Played with computers and teletypes and all sorts of fun stuff all my
life.  Began UNIX with Edition 6 in 1978 at Duke, helped with the
establishment of Usenet,  consulted at Bell Labs, did the NYC thing for
a few years, then a few (15) years as departmental guru.  Hit Linux with
kernel 0.94 and Slackware, then RedHat 2.x and have been a RH fan ever
since.  I'm only 50, but I've been a computer user for longer than most.

My home net is 3 Linux boxen (2*FC1, FC2t3) a mac (OSX 10.2) and two MS
boxes (98,2000) all talking together via 100baseTP LAN and a DSL link.

CLI Rules!

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