On 10/8/06, Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Well I did join, like most of the lists I have joined or started over
> many
> > years, in order to learn and give help if I could.
> >
> > I am very experienced in computing but have something to learn about
> this
> > platform. If that in the owners mind places me low in your ideas and
> theirs
> > so be it.
> >
>
> Yeah, I was pretty experienced prior to entering *nix-world, as well.
>
> I began computing in the early 1980s and was online by the mid-1980s.
>
> I got into coding (BASIC, QuickBasic, and C) in DOS, and by the time
> moved into *nix, my Windows box was running Perl, Apache, vi and a bunch
> of other *nix ports.
>
> This did make the transition somewhat easier, but I still had a shitload
> of stuff to learn, and in fact, I still have a shitload to yet learn,
> but that is a function of my doing a lot more with *nix now, doing
> things like managing my own OpenBSD servers, Apache and sendmail, having
> Samba up and running, and doing an increasing amount of scripting and
> coding.
>
> > While I use Win XP I will use the client that I like best. When I have a
> > working Linux I will probably change again. I will in the mean time to
> fit
> > your rather narrow criteria change this list to Gmail.
>
> You don't have to do anything at my behest... I'm just another
> listmember. I suggested you try Thunderbird because it is a
> multi-platform, Open Source MUA, and it works pretty well, and is highly
> configurable.
>
> I also run Windows. I have Win2k Pro on my graphics workstation, and Win
> 3.11 on an older OS/2 installation. I also have Windows XP and Vista
> Beta2/ RC1, as I did a little testing on that, because most of my
> clients run Win XP, and I have to stay current in order to provide
> support. Personally I don't use XP for anything much though, except
> test-installs for clients, and occasionally for myself, if I have a
> piece of software I want to check out w/o installing on my Win2k box,
> which is mission critical, and I don't like 'surprises' on.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
I have been using conmputers since the days of DOS and the BBC. I now lead a
team of volunteers, teaching Seniors how to use compters and and regularly
repair free. I have run lists since the late the mid 80s and built web sites
for many people.
Althought new to Linux I am able to understand and maybe help sometimes.
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