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Software Engineer & Architect & Evangelist & Pundit & Skeptic

 

Started with Unix in 1984. I have no recollection of what version but was labeled IBM, maybe a Unix-style shell on mainframe?, then to C64 (all BASIC line editing by LIST and using the up key), Apple ][ (who didn't?), Windows, Linux and AIX in 1993, OS/400 in 1997. Back on Windows now as a client only to my Linux boxen in the "cloud."

Under my own revolution a little now in that I'm starting to be OK with Windows as the server. With a decent shell and vi, it works for me (gasp).


Mar
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awarded  Student
Mar
28
comment OO-design req's for investment?
Thanks for the feedback. I agree that there are all types and everyone naturally has a their own preferences in mind, I guess I have been somewhat surprised at the objections. Technology is by all means mainstream, a little classical in structure/language, but done in modern architecture and who ever thinks the first incarnation is not rewritten? It is SaaS so LARGELY the technology decisions should be moot given an SLA.
Mar
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asked OO-design req's for investment?
Sep
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awarded  Yearling
Jan
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comment What to do when a 800 pound gorilla enters your business?
@thejh, I bet quicker than a human :)
Dec
6
answered Is it better to have more revenue with smaller profit margins, or less revenue with higher profit margins?
Nov
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awarded  Supporter
Nov
8
comment What to do when a 800 pound gorilla enters your business?
Can't gorilla's run up to 25mph?
Nov
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awarded  Editor
Nov
8
revised Can anyone suggest a good cart/printing solution for high quality prints?
added 224 characters in body
Nov
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comment Can anyone suggest a good cart/printing solution for high quality prints?
Major = worth their brick & mortar, not that they're national, in fact I couldn't care less about that part. We managed many thousands of PostScript documents routed to various service providers. Different model, but we wrote an LPD daemon that would filter, do accounting, and route the PS documents based upon whom/when the job was submitted electronically. In your case, likely a simple ecommerce that would include a workflow that would verify a local postal code for servicing, the routing would be easy after that. Even the smallest shops should be able to take an FTP or email doc submit.
Nov
8
answered Competing With “Fair” Wages
Nov
8
answered Can anyone suggest a good cart/printing solution for high quality prints?
Sep
27
awarded  Teacher
Sep
27
comment “Foreign” registration — what is the threshold?
"all it took" to not do business in CA?
Sep
27
answered How to convince my partners not to put too much overhead on our company