Comments on: Interface Hall Of Shame: LG’s IP Operator http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/11/13/interface-hall-of-shame-lgs-ip-operator/ The life and times of Stuart Longland (VK4MSL) Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Redhatter http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/11/13/interface-hall-of-shame-lgs-ip-operator/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Redhatter Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:58:31 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/11/13/interface-hall-of-shame-lgs-ip-operator/#comment-1114 Hah, no... I think he did have some contact with machines of that era... but he actually did a postgrad Bachelor of IT about 10 years ago... it was at this time he introduced me to Linux (they were teaching it at uni at the time). Technical Writer is the official job title now using the typical proprietary software stack (Winblows XP+Office) -- but in some ways, that isn't much of an upgrade from punch cards when the Unix world is using ISO26300 and LaTeX. ;-) Hah, no… I think he did have some contact with machines of that era… but he actually did a postgrad Bachelor of IT about 10 years ago… it was at this time he introduced me to Linux (they were teaching it at uni at the time).

Technical Writer is the official job title now using the typical proprietary software stack (Winblows XP+Office) — but in some ways, that isn’t much of an upgrade from punch cards when the Unix world is using ISO26300 and LaTeX. ;-)

]]> By: Steve http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/11/13/interface-hall-of-shame-lgs-ip-operator/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Steve Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:36:26 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2007/11/13/interface-hall-of-shame-lgs-ip-operator/#comment-1113 "IP? Is that Intellectual Property? My father thought it was… (and that’s someone who does have a strong IT background)." Does his job with "a strong IT background" rely on punchcards? “IP? Is that Intellectual Property? My father thought it was… (and that’s someone who does have a strong IT background).”
Does his job with “a strong IT background” rely on punchcards?

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