Re: Moving from a proprietary OS - unnecessarily inful experience -- was [Re: I wish to advocate linux]
On Thursday 28 February 2013 19:31:03 Richard Owlett wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Thursday 28 February 2013 16:01:03 Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> as a senior citizen moving from Windows(tm) to
> >> Debian(tm?),
> >
> > Why is your seniority relevant?
>
> Just trying to convey that I've enough real-world experience
> to have a valid point of reference without heavy handily
> touting that my intro to computers was when the common input
> device was an 026 and core memory involved literal iron.
> I've been chided before ;)
Yes, but you have told us frequently - and I really can't see the relevance.
It is not even as though it were unusual on this list. There are probably
even a nonagenarian or two. Bound to be at least one octogenarian. And you
_are_ heavy-handedly touting it.
Your experience doesn't make your point of reference of any greater value than
anyone else's. Many people go back a long way. You were obviously in the
miltary and/or in the States, since the first commercial computer this side
of the pond was in 1963. But many much younger people have more useful
experience.
Lisi
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