Nuke Redmond!

From: Huw Davies <cchd_at_kerberos.davies.net.au>
Date: Wed Apr 5 21:22:44 2000

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Gary Hildebrand wrote:

> In my job search, I have found that 'computer literacy' really means
> 'Microsoft software literacy'. There is little interest in actual
> programming (C, Forth, Basic, etc,) or alternate o/s like Linux or any of
> the U**x clones out there. They simply want someone who can unravel the
> bugs inherant in the bloated code of Windoze version-this-week.

I was at the Programming sectin of the local Computer Book store last
week, only to discover that "Programming" == Visual Basic, C on Windows
and that's about it.

I wonder what I learnt at Uni should be called? I used to program in Algol
(60 and 68), Pascal, BCPL, Simula-67 and BLISS-10... At least one of them
is still current!

Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au
                    | "If God had wanted soccer played in the
                    | air, the sky would be painted green"
Received on Wed Apr 05 2000 - 21:22:44 BST