[geeks] Careeer shifting

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, you wrote:

> This is just my opinion, but it seems that people don't want to hear the
> world "mainframe" anymore.  That conjures up mental images of old
> machines that *used* to be considered powerful (hey, I'm a collector,
> too, and I hate it when people tell me that those older machines just
> aren't powerful enough... so don't go getting all evil at me. :)).  Now,
> the words "data centre" hold more high tech allure.  As in, the Starfire
> boxen are "high end servers" for "mission critical data centre
> applications". :)
> 
Personally I use the term "data Center" for the collection of older hardware
running in my dedicated machine room.

Be gone ye whom cannot love thier older hardware!!!

-Mike N