At 00:57 11/05/98 -0400, TJ wrote:
>| From: franko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>| Subject: WC:>: Linux - getting started
>| Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 1:24 AM
>|
>| Duh, just realised what a dumb question my last one was. Of course, Linux
>| is running just fine. It's just waiting for a command from me and since I
>| don't know any UNIX commands as yet, I don't know what to tell it to do.
>
>Do you know how wonderful this thread of conversation feels to read? ;}
>
>Since I joined this list back in May, it's been strange... I have felt like
>the only newbie in the room. ;} I -know- that everyone started somewhere,
>and have gone through the same trial and error process, asking questions,
>getting to know their fields, whether it is web design, web consulting, web
>programming, or web marketing... though I have visions of George, Michael
>Stone, and Javilk being "born" an expert, like Athena being born whole from
>Zeus's skull... ;}
Nobody can know everything about everything. I've been in the marketing
business for over 20 years, mostly in the high tech area. I sold my first
computer - an Olivetti P642 microcomputer the size of a desk with two
'Winchester' drives built into it - back in 1974 or 5.
I bought my first 8088 way back when CP/M was hot stuff (and plenty of ppl
on this list go back way further than that). I've used DOS boxes and Macs
and started with windows back in v2 on 286 with 1MB RAM. *But*, I've
never, ever looked at Unix (although a guy did recommend I run unix on my
286 back in about 88 - damn! I wish I'd listend to him).
I am so used to GUIs that I expected Linux to boot up into X-windows, since
I'd spec'd it at installation. So it took a while to realise that I was
actually at a command line prompt. Now, I'm not exactly new to command
lines - I use our VMS pretty extensively every day. But on my own computer,
I was waiting for a GUI to come up.
But I'll tell you what - I haven't had this much fun with a computer for
years and years. I feel the same sense of discovery I did with my first DOS
box (which arrived in a box without an operating system of any kind and no
instructions at all - so much for hot loaded software. Ha!)
The point is, I think, that the people who really are knowledgeable are
only too willing to share that knowledge with people who really want to
know - despite the dumb questions we sometimes ask. I, in my own field, I'm
as knowledgeable as anyone on this planet. But the person who's content
with staying within their own field already has, to my mind, one foot in
the grave. May I never stop exploring new fields and, if necessary, asking
dumb questions. Because that's the only way you get answers.
A big 'thank you' to everyone who responded to my questions this weekend -
Matt, John, Rich, Mike, et.al., - guys for whom I have the utmost awe for
their knowledge of arcania such as unix. But damn it, just talk to me in
another year, and I'll be hot on their heels. And having fun the whole way.
Thanks, guys. You all make this list a source of inspiration.
Regards,
franko
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Frank Lee. Interactive Strategist, A/NZ; IBM Australia Ltd.
Member: Aust.DM Assc., Market Research Soc. of Aust., Web Consultants
Assoc., HTML Writers Guild, Internet Professionals Association.
http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/franko/
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