Old farts and new Linux
Marius Bock
marius at henriska.co.za
Sat May 8 07:15:44 UTC 2004
Sorry to burst your bubble but I am pushing 50 with 2 Windows machines
and a couple of Linux servers ... Started of doing Systems Programming
on IBM VM machines (anybody remember those)
*Marius Bock* (marius at henriska.co.za <mailto:marius at henriska.co.za>)
B.Sc (Information Systems, Computer Science & Operations Research)
Honours in Business Administration
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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.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Steve/
>>
>
> 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 :-)
>
> Bill
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