10 Jun
2009
10 Jun
'09
11:25 a.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Jun 10, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
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.
Zane
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.