[TriLUG] the future of programming (was Piece of History)

Sun Feb 24 14:57:36 EST 2008

As I read through these posts, I can't help but wonder what the future of programming will look like. Given that kids today will likely receive Windows Vista (aka, TV on steroids), or an Apple Mac (aka, unix-based TV on steroids), it's hard to imagine that *any* good programmers will develop from this TV-driven culture we live in. 

Personally, I think the only decent programmers of tomorrow will come from the kids (mostly elsewhere in the world) who grew up using Linux. 

Kevin

----- Original Message ----
From: Tarus Balog <tarus at opennms.org>
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 5:09:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Piece of History

On 
Feb 
22, 
2008, 
at 
4:16 
PM, 
Greg 
Brown 
wrote:

> 
Oh 
dag.. 
I 
forgot 
about 
1200 
baud.  
I 
wasn't 
around 
for 
the 
300 
baud  
> 
days..
> 
at 
least 
I 
wasn't 
on-line 
during 
that 
time 
though 
I 
did 
connect 
with  
> 
one
> 
once 
to 
see 
how 
slow 
it 
was.  
And 
dammit, 
it 
was 
SLOW.

I 
got 
a 
TRS-80 
Model 
1 
for 
Christmas, 
1978. 
The 
tape 
player 
used 
for  
data 
storage 
was 
at 
150 
baud, 
upgraded 
to 
300 
baud 
with 
"Level 
2  
Basic". 
That's 
about 
my 
experience 
with 
anything 
that 
slow. 
I 
think 
I  
started 
using 
BBSes 
at 
1200 
baud.

-T

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