The journey to DevOps
Viktor Farcic: Hi Kevin, you've been involved with many topics that have become central to DevOps since your early childhood working with your father. How did your father's work prepare you for DevOps?
Kevin Behr: Well, it's exactly 30 years since I first got formally involved in the world of computing. In my earlier years, I had the fortune of growing up with my father, Harold Behr, one of the cofounders of the Association of Field Service Managers, or AFSM. For those who don't know, AFSM was one of the first global groups dedicated to global service managers. AFSM would discuss topics that are still related to DevOps today, such as how mainframe computing was going to be serviced, as well as discussing availability and continuity of value for customers.
I was seven years old when I started building small digital computers, working on vacuum tube equipment. I was about ten years old when I started working with midranges and mainframes, in the...