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On Sunday 29 September 2013 22:09:35 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 29/09/2013 19:59, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> > I've been told that this shouldn't be a big deal... while I am a |
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> > (barely) passable linux sys admin |
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> Allow me to forward an opinion. The above is not true, not even close. |
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> Don't knock yourself, you don't deserve it :-) |
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> In my day job I get to meet many people, and vast fleets of them are |
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> paid obscene amounts of money to do sysadmin work. I have an unprintable |
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> opinion of most of these folks (I'm tired of cleaning up after them and |
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> they mess they leave). |
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I can imagine some of those opinions, I am certain I have uttered the exact |
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same words myself on occasion. |
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It gets worse when those are the ones holding the root-password and refuse to |
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give it to you, even though it is obvious I know how to do things better then |
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they do... |
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> You on the other hand would wipe the floor with easily 95% of those |
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> clowns. Seriously. |
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> And that goes for just about everyone else on this list who has been |
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> around a while. |
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The list thanks you :) |
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