10 Jun
2009
10 Jun
'09
11:37 a.m.
On Jun 10, 2009, at 2:25 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.
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
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
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.