Operating Systems

Operating Systems patricktaylor has used:

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VMS

System 6

OS/2

IBM AIX

Slackware

NeXTSTEP

BeOS

Mac OS X

Ubuntu

VMS

1987–1989

First use of email while working on my degree at uni

System 6

1988–1991

Came with the Mac Plus for which I took my first bank loan for. The Mac Plus kept running until about 1998, but there was corrosion on the monitor connector so you sometimes had to reseat it, which you could do by grabbing the Mac and squeezing it. Everyone joked about the touchy-feely Mac needing a hug.

OS/2

1989

Used it briefly when the Presentation Manager was first introduced but even with the better OS foundation couldn't pry me from my Mac

IBM AIX

1991–1992

Ahh ... AIX, my most hated Unix. First database management job.

Slackware

1994

Bought it on floppies because internet connection sucked.

NeXTSTEP

1996–1998

Didn't use it a lot or often but it was amazing how fast it was considering the hardware

BeOS

1997–1998

Played with PR1. Lots to like but hated the thought of working in C++ and fell in love with NeXTSTEP and WebObjects.

Mac OS X

2000–

Lived full time on Rhapsody (Mac OS X Server 1.0) prior to this and then Public Beta before the Mac OS X 10.0 release. Loved it even in its suboptimal early releases.

Ubuntu

2007–

My preferred server OS