Kinda like how France is one of the few countries remaining with a viable, nuclear reactor construction and related industry, at least commercially.
Asimov's Foundation comes to mind as well. - bjs DISCLAIMER: Bias note - I'm a traditionally educated EE (semiconductor materials). On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 18:43 Craig Dibble <[email protected] wrote: > If you think that techno-devops-millenials, by which I will assume you > mean abstraction, means that understanding the underlying technology no > longer matters I encourage you to read Verner Vinge's "A Deepness In The > Sky", set in the far future, where the protagonist essentially triumphs > because he knows unix. > > The more we abstract and automate the more important it is that there are > still people left who understand how the underlying technology actually > works. Otherwise it's a simple case of "the smarter we become, the stupider > we get." Case in point: why does no one seem to know how to operate a > telephone any more? Look at all the people on the street talking on their > mobile phones, holding them at right angles to their heads and usually the > wrong way round! > > And if you haven't read Vernor Vinge's Zones of Thought series you should > hang your head in shame! > > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 02:01, 'Rodolfo' via LPI Examdev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Sergio and All.. >> >> I know that times change and technologies and platforms adapt to changes >> in a surprising way, even so I firmly believe that it does not imply the >> end of a technology like Linux hardway, on the contrary it complements it >> and helps to explore more Linux. As for the "techmilenial" it is a fad and >> this does not imply the end of anything in my opinion. >> Today is trendy Kubernets, Docker, openshif, etc and still should not >> mark the end of anything but a step of improvement we do not seek >> perfection but progress. I look forward to adding the "millennials" to >> improve Linux and not the other way around. >> In my experience, knowing OpenStack was a challenge and over time I >> appreciate it very much as I learned to explore many improvements to the >> Linux hardway. >> I firmly believe that all these named platforms will help improve Linux >> as a platform in every way. >> >> very good question Sergio. >> P.D: Hardway => Linux advance, Shell, coding, developer, Kernel know, >> Debuging, Script Shell power, Load balancer.... etc. >> >> Only that. >> >> 70cf8599911e75406c18d7f9 >> >> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >> On Tuesday, 22 de January de 2019 19:59, Sergio Belkin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Perhaps, this sounds somewhat Off-Topic and provocative. It happens that >> I'm preparing a webinar around Linux and LPIC and we are living in a time >> of "kubernetes, cloud, IaaS, docker, devops, and a bunch of >> techie-millenial terms". So one somewhat ends to questioning itself, how is >> Linux still relevant? >> >> Why should people to learn to master the shell, handle process, manage >> partitions and tweak config and shell script files? >> >> What do you think? What would tou say? >> >> Has techno-devops-millenials marked the end of history and the Linux >> relevance? >> >> I will appreciate your opinions a lot. >> >> TIA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lpi-examdev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
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