The concept of "shared" hosting still existed in the late 90's, at least for PHP hosting. I distinctly remember using what was xoom.com at the time which offered free php hosting. I had some stuff hosted there for a bit until either I moved somewhere else or they disappeared. On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, at 11:54 AM, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I'd say that's true throughout IT; people are pretty specialized now compared to how it was in the 90s when you had to build the whole stack to do it yourself. > Nowadays people can set up on shared hosting and configure things in a web browser and don't have to have a lot of low level knowledge. > I'm one of the few people at work that knows programming, databases, networking, DNS, Linux, Windows, etc because I've been doing this since the late 80s too. > Most people I see know one or maybe two areas at most. > > JD > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:12 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm a PHP developer and always thought all opensource developers had at >> least some knowledge of Linux. >> >> Recently I watched a YouTube video that stated otherwise. The presenter >> said it is important to know Linux which will set one apart from the >> crowd. >> >> I have been "messing"/"playing"/"working" with Linux since around 1998 >> or so. Learned a lot and have a lot to learn. Thought all opensource >> developers had at least a fundamental understanding of Linux. >> >> Is it true most do not know Linux? >> >> And is it true that it is good, for a dev, to be able to put they have >> basic familiarity of Linux on their Resume? >> >> Thanks in advance!! >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss