Steve Pike is Wee Byte. He has wide ranging credentials, with computer experience acquired during more than forty years in the computer industry. Starting out as a mainframe programmer, he has since programmed everything from ICL and IBM mainframes through various minicomputers, down to programmable terminals and the first home computers. He became involved with programming IBM PC's almost as soon as they were introduced in the early eighties.

Steve's focus narrowed to all aspects of PC software and hardware from about 1986, and he has never felt the need to return to mainframe programming since that time. He has programmed PC's and other microcomputers in Cobol, Assembler, C, Pascal, Python and Forth, not to mention writing his own computer languages where appropriate to the job in hand.

Steve developed his hardware and networking skills alongside his programming talents, a necessary broadening of skills in the modern industry where systems need to be put together and maintained according to the requirements of a particular project and the devceloper is typically responsible for all aspects of the system architecture. These skills have since proved very useful in setting up and maintaining installations for home and small business users.

Steve was an early adopter of Linux as a viable and affordable alternative to Microsoft and Apple operating systems. Linux has over the years matured into a product which he feels confident in advocating as a server and desktop solution for many customer requirements. Linux can give old hardware a new lease of life, performs wonderfully on modern systems and is priced right (i.e. in most cases, free). If you are getting tired of the constant security issues inherent in running a Windows system, or your current machine is getting to be slow as molasses under the weight of the anti-malware software you are required to run, give Steve a call to discuss the viability of Linux as a solution for your particular computer usage. You may be surprised to learn how much money you can save by using the Open Source solutions which have been developed to run on the Linux platform.

As well as resolving issues with hardware and installed software on desktop and server PC's, Steve is still actively programming. Much of his work these days revolves around web site implementation and maintenance. He develops static web sites, sites with lots of interaction through Javascript, and sites which are driven by databases on a web server. You might like to take a look at his Web Site Portfolio to see the range of his capabilities.