Linked by Jeffrey Boulier on Wed 12th Mar 2003 04:44 UTC
Some users swear by Aqua interface of MacOS X, others proclaim the desktop-readiness of Linux, the polished presence of Windows XP, or expound upon the stately Solaris as the ultimate operating system. All of these users are wimps.
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Aaah, memories... Started working on IBM mainframes in '79 or so (holiday job). Joined the System Operations department for real some years later. About 8 IBM mainframes ranging from a 3033 to 3081&83s and, in the end a 3090 all running MVS or VM. Oldest disks (3330) had disk 'packs' that had to be screwed in. Later, the diskfarm grew to the size of a fotballl field. There was also this giant Mass Storage System (3850) with honeycombed interior containing data cartridges. VERY impressive. And if you think your LaserPrinter is fast, you clearly haven't seen a 3800 in action. "System Operations Analist" the job was called. Started out mounting tapes the whole night, then moved to the 3800 printer and finally to the consoles running batchjobs all day&night, rebooting mainframes. Weird, all that cutting edge technology from way back then now reduced to junk and memories.