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

[Edward Croft]

On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 08:40, T. Ribbrock wrote:
> Well, I got the impression that especially the (technical) folks who are
> 30-40 now have more of a tendency to know what computers actually *are*.
> I'm 35 now and "my generation" was the one that started off on VIC20s (I
> did), Sinclairs or even self-built Z80/6502 machines. Most of us would
> have gotten their hands dirty on assembler at some point and also would
> have been used to the command line right from the start. The younger
> folks seem to be spoiled by the "GUI-it-all" virus that spread later...
> ;-) As such, especially the technical folks my age seem to have the
> openess and knowledge needed to try other stuff.
> 
> Cheerio,
> 
Oooh, assembler. I keep washing my hands and washing my hands and still
can't get it off. 
-- 
Edward M. Croft
Sr. Systems Engineer
Open Ratings, Inc.
200 West Street
Waltham, MA 02451-1121