[CentOS] A question

[David G. Miller]

Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at ...> writes:

> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:13 AM, David G. Miller <dave at ...> wrote:
> >
> >> Red Hat Linux is ancient.
> > <SNIP>
> > I started with Red Hat Linux 5 in 1998.  Mind your manners when calling RHL 9
> > ancient or I'll come over and hit you with my walker.
> 
> In computer years, that's like a century ago.
> 
<SNIP>
I guess that means the IBM and CDC mainframes I started out on in the '70s and
'80s were prehistoric.  Funny thing is that an application I helped write in the
early 1980s was still being used by the customer in the mid-1990s (long story
how I found out).  It had been ported from the original platform (IBM S/370) to
a SUN workstation and the customer still loved it.  Wouldn't surprise me if they
aren't still using it.  After all, they still fly B-52s that are even older.
> But real books don't have that 'search' box up at the top...
<SNIP>
Agree with one of the other responders about that's what the index is for.  One
of my "tests" for a book on the subject is to go to the index and see how easy
it is to find the answers to some of the questions I have that have moved me to
buy a book on the subject.

Cheers,
Dave