On 05/10/1999, Sean Dennis said to Murray Lesser about It's over? (now
Computer History):
SD> Maybe next time I say
SD> something, I'll break everything down to the lowest common
SD> denominator for people like you who assume that I don't
SD> know what I'm talking about. I've been involved with
SD> computers well over half my life (and I'm only 27). I know
SD> that OS/2 won't run on a 8086 or 80186. Please. Don't
SD> insult me like that.
SD>
Ahem, Sean.
Just remember that there are people in this echo who have computer careers
longer than your entire time on this planet. :)
F'r instance, yours truly was programming assembler, COBOL and FORTRAN on
an ICL 1900-series mainframe before you were a gleam in your daddy's eye.
John Angelico
Co-convener, OS/2 SIG
Melbourne PC User Group
also known as: talldad@kepl.com.au
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