Conversation 6 comments by 5 users
  • ttubravesrock
    +8

    I'm curious to know how old the author of the article is.

    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting-edge PC operating system, 300bps was a fast Internet connection, WordStar was the state-of-the-art word processor, and we liked it!

    Oh. I understand now.

    • hereorthere
      +5

      Do you really think it's only older people that don't like using Windows? Plenty of young people choose Linux, Apple, and even older versions of Windows for a variety of reasons.

      • leweb
        +5

        I'd actually expect older people to be more likely to use Windows. Linux became mainstream much later.

      • ttubravesrock
        +4

        If you read to the end of the article, he uses Windows 7.

        I was implying that old people are less likely to accept change, especially when it comes to technology.

        • Gozzin
          +7

          He also uses Linux. I've used Linux for 13 years as my main OS.

          • AdelleChattre
            +4

            Like a Man should. On an IBM System/360 Model 195 running largely on Wangco 9-track tape drives via a DecWriter II terminal over an Anderson Jacobson acoustic coupler modem at 55 baud on fanfold paper, eating bacon and drinking the Middleton.