UNIX V7

[Dave McGuire]

On Jun 10, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>>> The other amusing thing about which people here (at least)  
>>>> should know better is the visibility factor.  VMS, OS/400, MVS,  
>>>> and VM are *everywhere*...but people think they're somehow  
>>>> "dead" because the only thing they see in for sale in WalMart is  
>>>> PCs running Windows.  Do these people really believe PCs running  
>>>> Windows process their bank transactions, maintain hospital  
>>>> databases, or run railroads?
>>> I agree with this statement, and out side of this audience how  
>>> many people
>>> even know anything besides Windows exists?  There are a lot of  
>>> people that
>>> think all computers run Windows.
>>
>> Well, this isn't the only group of technical people in the world.   
>> As far as knowing about what the real data processing world uses,  
>> it's not classic computer enthusiasts vs. the rest of the world,  
>> it's knowledgeable computer people vs. the rest of the world.
>
> Of course this isn't the only group of technical people.  The  
> disturbing
> thing is, there are a sizable group of "technical" people who thing  
> Windows
> is all there is, and either don't realize anything else exists, or  
> that
> anything else still exists.  These are the people that really scare  
> me.

   Same here, but I don't really consider them to be "technical  
people".  Being that I don't use (or work on) Windows machines, I  
tend not to work with those people professionally, and I certainly  
don't associate with them on a social level...they give me that "not  
so fresh" feeling. ;)

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL