[Info-vax] Confuse the kids!

[Saifi Khan]

On Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 3:05:55 PM UTC+5:30, IanD wrote:
> On Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 7:20:58 PM UTC+10, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> > Den 2017-07-20 kl. 11:06, skrev IanD:
> > > I tried to edumacate my kids by showing them VMS a few years back
> > > 
> > > I showed them a VMS login and showed how when you typed commands the
> > > system churned away and responded
> > > 
> > > They looked at me typing stuff, doing a show monitor for less than 30
> > > seconds and said "Meh, how boring" and walked off
> > > 
> > > I managed to throw in a comment about that's sort of what your tablet
> > > and phone does in the background but they couldn't care
> > > 
> > > A few years before that I showed them a video of a large DC I had to go
> > > to once and showed them all the servers lined up and even one that was
> > > very colorful and had Google on the front of it - same response, they
> > > were just not interested
> > > 
> > > Very disappointing indeed :-(
> > > 
> > 
> > I can easily name 10 different things/jobs that would be very
> > boring to me also... :-)
> > 
> > Are your kids even interested in the IT technology at all?
> 
> They don't see IT as an enabler or as a lever one can use to create new things from. They just view it as something you use, little more
> 
> I guess I've been a poor teacher at showing the creative side of IT. I can show it with math (my first love!) but in IT my creative side is waning
> 

Hi Ian:

Could you please share information about, where one can get "free" access to OpenVMS system ?

Unfortunately, in my country there is no DECUS group/affiliated body, so i'm not eligible for OpenVMS Hobbyist license.

i'm deeply interested in programming and learning about Operating Systems. i have some knowledge of Windows NT, FreeBSD, Linux and SMF in Solaris.

Appreciate any pointers that you may have.


warm regards
Saifi.