Let’s see… A little about me…<\/p>\n
I’ve been around information technology since 1983 with computers such as DEC Rainbows (weird machine – the standard DOS couldn’t format its own floppy disks – remember them? – and I had to format them on a friend’s IBM PC) to Radio Shack TRS-80 to Apple ][e and Apple \/\/c in the beginning.<\/p>\n
I have programmed in 8-bit assembly language on 6502, FORTRAN and COBOL on IBM System\/370 (and I still hate JCL), VAX BASIC and COBOL (and a weird and massive WordPerfect 4.0 macro) on DEC VMS (Alpha), C\/C++ on Digital Unix (ALPHA), and C\/C++, Perl (it may be powerful but I still hate it), PHP on Linux (Red Hat, Centos, Ubuntu, etc.).<\/p>\n
I have work with databases such as Digital RDB (later to become Oracle RDB), Oracle DBMS, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL on VAX, Alpha, Sun and Intel.<\/p>\n
Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. See\u00a0http:\/\/lnkd.in\/nhTRZe<\/a><\/p>\n I still think that Digital created some of the best ideas in the world: VAX clustering, DSSI disks (forerunner to SCSI) and the Alpha processor (first commercial 64-bit processor – Red Hat screamed<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>on an Alpha!). DEC just could not seem to be able to give air conditioners away to someone lost in the Sahara Desert!<\/p>\n I’ve found VMware ESXi is one of the best ways to get the most out of an x64 server. And I have tried Oracle VM, Virtual Box, Microsoft Virtual Server, XCP-NG and Proxmox.<\/p>\n TrueNAS Core<\/a> is one of the best NAS solutions I have found for open source-based solutions. But, Synology<\/a> NASes offer great cost effective solutions.<\/p>\n Outside of that I am a huge military history buff starting in the early 20th century. I love Ford Mustangs (my ’87 Mustang GT was awesome) and if I had the money I would have a Porsche 928S4. If I had a lot of money I would have a Porsche 911 Turbo.<\/p>\n I probably spend too much time playing ArmA ]I[ Exile mod. 5,000+ hours…<\/p>\n I have a wonderful son, Cameron. I have a long suffering (Do you really need all that computer junk?) wife, Paula. I live in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let’s see… A little about me… I’ve been around information technology since 1983 with computers such as DEC Rainbows (weird machine – the standard DOS couldn’t format its own floppy disks – remember them? – and I had to format … Continue reading