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SwiftOnSecurity

Used to be you could order free Ubuntu CD’s. Their first release proved controversial. I got like 48 of them as a teen. They’re now going for $10+.
Ubuntu is a Zulu word for an African philosophy of interconnectedness, which is the theme they were going for.

Ubuntu CD case showing top down photo of woman in bra and topless man
Anton Piatek

@SwiftOnSecurity wow, I used to have a box of them as I tried to convince people in IBM to install it as their work OS

Dave Hay

@sldrant @SwiftOnSecurity same, still got my Ubuntu lanyard somewhere around here, from a Canonical-sponsored karaoke at Lotusphere in Orlando circa 2009ish

Still running 20.04 and 22.04 on various boxen FTW

Dave Hay

@sldrant @SwiftOnSecurity mind you, I was running Mandrake on Thinkpad back in the day, and I’m scared to realised that was getting on for several decades back

Don’t get me started on OS/2 …..

Dave Hay

@jtonline @sldrant @SwiftOnSecurity

A better DOS than DOS
A better Windows than Windows
A better OS/2 than OS/2

And also my first visit to IBM SBNK circa 1991 ( when 2.0 was released )

Don’t get me started on DR-DOS and, of course, Gem

jtonline

@davehay @sldrant my first PC OS was DR-DOS, my first work PC was OS/2, and my first job at IBM was MQ on OS/400!

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Paul McO'Smith III

@jtonline @davehay @sldrant my first role in IBM back in the 1920's remains the most senior role i have worked in during my time at the company. i've been demoted so many times that i'm now in the basingstoke and district league for over 75's who are already dead.

Paul McO'Smith III

@davehay @jtonline @sldrant don't you try to take my lawn bowls away from me!

Dave Hay

@jtonline @sldrant and now you’ve got me started on OS/400 🥹😍

I agreed to “teach” an ISSWer about OS/400 if he agreed to “teach” me about MQ - match made in heaven and not a Cox’s apple in sight

Then that @pavsmith really showed me how MQ works ….

Ah, happy happy happy days

Anton Piatek

@davehay @jtonline @pavsmith
Honestly not sure how I acquired this odd bit of MQ kit...

A tie (work wear), featuring the old IBM MQ logo patterns
Paul McO'Smith III

@sldrant @davehay @jtonline fantastic! Lee still has a scarf that appears from time to time. however, a golf umbrella, which is still fully functional, and works a treat, still lives in the hall cupboard.

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