Marc, I seriously don't remember what model it was now. I know that in 1972 it was about four years old if that helps. We also had a whole bunch of card file sorting machines, and they were telling the girls about how much money they could make as keypunch operators, a job that didn't exist within five years.
My first personal computer was a Timex Sinclair ZX-80 with the 16K optional ram pack. I lost it in a move years ago, but bought a used one on Ebay a couple of years ago just for old times sake, think I've run it once. My personal favorite was the Commodore C64, which was a fantastic little machine. To bad the company was incompetent. At home I run Bodhi Linux on an Acer Laptop, Moon OS on a Desktop (it's moving to Mageia next week), and Fedora on a third desktop. My main production machine is a Mac laptop which is 6 months old, and already has worn keys, it gets about ten hours use a day. I avoid Microsoft. I don't need the hassle. I also have an IPad and an IPhone. I use the IPad as a laptop replacement when out of the house now, it's lighter, and does what I need just as well. The phone is my traveling internet connection. I also like bad jokes - here's one of them: Proposal For An Expedition To HD 38283 b To Be Funded By The Gates Foundation – UPDATED<http://madhatter.ca/2011/04/13/proposal-for-an-expedition-to-hd-38283-b-to-be-funded-by-the-gates-foundation/> Anyway, does anyone have any idea why the Beta won't run on my Mac yet? Wayne On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Marc Grober <m...@interak.com> wrote: > LOL - you tell 'em Wayne! > I learned on a 360/70 and am wondering whether you didn't learn on the > same machine ;-) > > On 4/16/11 5:46 PM, Wayne Borean wrote: > > Glenn, > > > > I learned programming on an IBM mainframe using Punch Cards, my start in > the > > industry predates Microsoft's founding. I can remember the switch from > CP/M > > to DOS 1.0. So yes, I know exactly what Microsoft did to the industry, > and > > how they did it. I've actually read many of the legal filings from the > U.S. > > anti-trust case. > > > > I also know their financial limits which you don't. > > > > Wayne > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
