He asked 'What OS are you running?' And the question made me stop in my tracks.
Well, that's a good question, I started to reply. I've got a terminal session to my desktop: OS X. But I'm also logged in via SSH to a linux server. And in a second terminal session you can't see, a Solaris 10 host! On the left: Windows Server 2003. What OS I'm running depends on what window I'm actually working in! A few seconds ago I was logged in to the console of an F5 Local Traffic Manager and, man, they run some kind of wild-ass customized linux distro, so I was ...
Then I came to my senses: OS X, I said. And he nodded and went away.
Well, that's a good question, I started to reply. I've got a terminal session to my desktop: OS X. But I'm also logged in via SSH to a linux server. And in a second terminal session you can't see, a Solaris 10 host! On the left: Windows Server 2003. What OS I'm running depends on what window I'm actually working in! A few seconds ago I was logged in to the console of an F5 Local Traffic Manager and, man, they run some kind of wild-ass customized linux distro, so I was ...
Then I came to my senses: OS X, I said. And he nodded and went away.
