300 issues of Linux Magazine
Doghouse – 300
Looking to the future of technology and expertise.
Two months ago, the staff at Linux New Media alerted me to the fact that this issue was the 300th issue of Linux Magazine, a milestone in Linux journalism, with my column for the issue to be submitted in August, the month of my 75th birthday.
Of course, I am tempted to wail about the history of data processing (as we used to call it) as it changed to "computer science" from "computer black magic," or how I never really got into computer games because writing every program and solving every problem was a game for me. However, I put aside those temptations and instead write about the future as I see it.
I started programming with systems that were physically large and expensive and logically small and slow relative to what we have today. Many systems had no operating system at all – your code ran directly on the hardware and the device drivers were linked into your program, not the operating system. Networking was non-existent and computer security was locking the door at night.
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