https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1863&p=37979#p37979
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leahman
Monday, 24 December 2007, 05:39 PM

Re: My Turn To Rant
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:crazyeyes:  OMG

My experience is so different from yours,  but this is a place to be honest so here goes.

I was a Graphic Artist in the printing industry but I got a job with government in 1975.
In those days, you did it  -in INK on PAPER.

because I had experience in the Army Corps of Engineers I ws choosen to go to NASA
to take a coarse computer graphics, because were getting access to satalite Imagery.

Those were mainframe computers
but then in 1985 when desktop computers first became available
I got the first one -in the building.  it was called a Mac-II.
I soon revolutionized composition for our printing operations
and  since everyone got to SEE  what i created  (because it was being printed)
employees  were all going crazy wanting to do what  I did.

Most of them got PCs  some got Macs and soon I spent more time
installng new Macs  than I did  doing graphics.

Soon we had 63 PC technicians, and ONE  Macintosh technician  (me)
I was sent to Apple school -every year.  The technicians started having meetings
And  I was dismayed when I entered the room and everyone stood up.
They all spoke of my legendary ability  and thought I should speak for them.
When they tried to speak with me about technical issues  I gave an "all- knowing"
smile and excused myself.

I had no  idea in hell what they were talking about.  I was glad to get the pay raises
but the truth was even  an idiot like me can make a macintosh -do fantastic
and the reason they were swamped break downs     and i wasn't
didn't have a thing to do with me.

I had the Macintosh machines  running uniex and limux and Windows
faster than Windows machines can run Windows.
We never to worry about a virus or a worm
and with 54 mac machines running I got a service call
maybe once a year and usually for something  -STUPID.

In my home we have 3 Macintosh machines running
and my Daughter has an iPhone.

my wife  and daughter havn't asked me a computer question
-in a decade.  I HOPE THEY Don't !

I'm glad you guys are smart enough  to do all this stuff
b ut  Thank God  I don't have to !

I'd never be able to do it.