On Generations of People and Computers

From: Paul E Coad <pcoad_at_crl.com>
Date: Mon Apr 14 02:27:26 1997

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Carl R. Friend wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 14:58:15 +0100, Kevan is rumoured to have said:
>
> > [On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 01:24:34, PEC wrote:]
>
> > > Is this a generational thing? My first computer exposure what to a
> > > mainframe in the late 70's, but my first computer was an 80's micro.
> > > Are people in the 40+ age group more likely to have fond memories
> > > of minis?
> >
> > I think there will be a strong corrolation here.
>
> Oh come on, guys. I'm not _that_ old :-) (36).

Sorry Carl. I didn't mean to say you were _really_ old. I made a bad
guess based on the minis and the 'old fart' thing. That'll teach me
to not extrapolate from a small number of data points again!

Is everyone else in their 20's and 30's? Anyone seriously outside of
this range?

--pec
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