[NSRCA-discussion] Experimenting with new forum software

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

John Pavlick wrote:

> Excellent. Sounds like we're in good hands ...

Some days are better than others.  :o(

> ... Hey, you have to try new stuff otherwise we'd all still be
> running DOS. Not that that would necessarily be a BAD thing. :)

I thought I was good with DOS.

Peak achievement: disassembling a device driver for HD, finding
one (1) bad byte, and reassembling it so that it would work
with DOS 2.  I was also pretty proud of linking some
graphics ASM from one source into FORTRAN for some Navy folks.

I stayed in DOS as long as I could stand.  I had to switch
to W95 eventually.

DOS is like a backyard garden plot.

linux is like a tropical rainforest filled with poisonous
critters.

Did I mention that I said for the first time in my life
yesterday, "I love linux"?  I never thought those words
would come to mind.  I've been playing with linux for
a couple of years on obsolete PCs.  Configuring linux
for one user (me) doesn't show what it can do.  I can
get it set up for me in a half-hour or forty-five
minutes.  Setting up a server that anyone can use from
all around the world is a different kettle of fish,
especially working from a remote terminal.

The neat thing about climbing the learning curve
is the view you get as you go up.  :o)

				Marty